Watercolours. Paintings.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to two-dimensional works of art, usually on a paper support, to which pigment suspended in water is applied with a brush to create an image or design.
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Scottish album containing 36 illustrations of artists on Robert Burns and his works., 1914.
Item
Identifier: MS.23639
Scope and Contents
1. David Murray, “Dunure Castle, Ayrshire”2. R. B. Nisbet, “In Burns Country”3. Andrew F. Affleck “Ellisland near Dumfries”4. A. B. Docharty, “Auld Brig o’ Doon with Monument”5. J. Whitelaw Hamilton, “Where Highland Mary lies, Greenock”6. James G. Laing, “Alloway Kirk by Moonlight”7. A. K. Brown, “The Brow Well, Solway”8. James Paterson, “On the Nith at Ellisland”9. Thomas H. McKay, “Willie’s...
Dates:
1914.
Scrap-book offered to the Countess of Minto, containing signatures of ladies in India, and watercolours of scenes there., 1910.
Item
Identifier: MS.12790
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
Scrapbook containing a water-colour painting of primulas, a poem entitled 'Lines to Agnes' by 'B.W.', and scraps of paper bearing designs of flowers and birds, apparently of French origin., ?19th century-?early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.6346
Scope and Contents
The watercolour painting is on folio 14.
Dates:
?19th century-?early 20th century.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, containing material relating to his interests and activities., 1877-1878.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Watercolour and pencil sketches made on a sailing trip round the west coast of Scotland in 1877, accompanied by notes of a mainly geological nature (folios 1-39).(ii) Watercolour sketches, photographs and notes recording his visit to Egypt and Syria from January to April 1878 (folios 47-142).(iii) Press cuttings and notes on the Argyllshire Election of 1878 in which Lord Colin Campbell participated (folios...
Dates:
1877-1878.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Scrapbook whose contents include photographs of Borthwick castle, several family photographs, watercolour paintings of frescos at Pompeii, and engraved facsimiles of early charters., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.10483
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Scrapbooks of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes, wife of Sir David Charles Herbert Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Newhailes., 1898-1911.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25673-25677
Scope and Contents
Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates:
1898-1911.
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/350
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family sketch books.
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/351
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family sketch books.
Sketchbook of A E Borthwick containing chiefly pencil sketches and rough watercolours of Scottish landscapes., 1902.
Item
Identifier: MS.10471
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1902.
Sketchbook of Henry Aston Barker., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.9650
Scope and Contents
The sketchbook contains pencil and watercolour sketches of figures and shipping, chiefly Turkish.
Dates:
1800.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell containing watercolour sketches of various places he visited from May 1880 to February 1881, from the Isle of Wight to Egypt., 1880-1881.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.7.1
Dates:
1880-1881.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell containing watercolours mostly executed on his visit to Sweden in 1850 (folios 27-108) and to Avranches in Normandy, 1848-1851., 1848-1851.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.17
Scope and Contents
There is also a series of pencil sketches at the back of the volume of various people Campbell encountered during court cases he attended while studying law. In some cases, he gives a brief note on the proceedings.
A printed extract from Campbell’s pamphlet, ‘Notes on the Stature of the Lapps’ is inserted between folios 64 and 65.
Dates:
1848-1851.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell illustrating his visit to Norway from June to September 1851., 1851.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.19
Scope and Contents
Since Campbell spent most of his time travelling in the extreme north of the country, the watercolour and pencil sketches are mainly of the scenery and people of Lapland.
Dates:
1851.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Sketchbook of watercolour and pencil sketches by John Francis Campbell, some quite rough and incomplete, mainly of people and places he encountered on a tour in Norway in August and September 1857, concentrating on the areas around the Hardanger and Sogne fjords., 1857.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.
Dates:
1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Sketches by A E Borthwick and Robert Gibb, with other visual materials., 19th century-1964, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10470-10479
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
19th century-1964, undated.
'System of water-colour painting', 17th edition (London, 1858), by Aaron Penley, used by James Augustus Grant on his African expedition., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.17927
Scope and Contents
On the front cover are James Augustus Grant's signature and the note 'This book was my guide through Africa. J.A. Grant'; on a leaf tipped in after page [ii] are pencil and watercolour sketches; on page 64 is a pencil sketch; and on pages 7 and 10 of the advertisements at the back are pencil notes.
Dates:
1858.
Thirty water-colours and drawings by John Harden., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.8866
Scope and Contents
The majority of the water-colours and drawings are landscapes, chiefly executed in the Edinburgh area or in Aberdour, Fife, during an extended visit to Scotland in 1809-1810, but there are also two drawings of fishwives, perhaps at Newhaven, and another entitled 'Bottling Whiskey' (see MS.8872).
Nine black and white photographs of landscapes now in the National Gallery of Scotland are also included.
Dates:
1809-1810.
Twelve small watercolours of scenes in the Hebrides., 1924.
File
Identifier: Acc.9713/88
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes diaries and photographs.
Dates:
1924.
Twenty-five plans mainly concerning the house and estate of Pitfirrane., [Circa 1730]-1888, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6509 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
Included is one item (number 4) concerning coal, namely 'A Plan of The Blind Coal Workings at Whiney Hill', 1783. There are three plans of 1803, undated, concerning Swintonmill, Berwickshire (numbers 5, 19-20). The estate of Keavil which adjoins that of Pitfirrane is represented by six plans of 1852, 1873, 1885, undated (numbers 10- 12, 14, 24-25). The plans are mainly in water-colour but there are three lithographs (numbers 10, 14, 25).The parts are as follows:...
Dates:
[Circa 1730]-1888, undated.
Typed copies of diaries of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson of journey to India., 1886, 1888-1889.
File
Identifier: MS.20668
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of:
(i) A copy of part of the diary, covering the period 18 March to 1 April 1886, of the earlier journey (folio 1);
(ii) A complete copy of the diary of the later journey (folio 21);
(iii) Some watercolour sketches made in India (folio 181 verso). The typed copy of the later journey was made in 1889 or 1890 for Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, whose signature dated May 1890 is at MS.20669, folio i. No doubt she was responsible for pasting in Jane's watercolour...
Dates:
1886, 1888-1889.
Typescript, 1932, of 'Four good years': excerpts from Violet Jacob's letters to her mother, 1895-1896, and copies of her diaries, 1897-1900., 1895-1900.
Item
Identifier: MS.27414
Scope and Contents
The typescript was published as 'Diaries and letters from India, 1895-1900', edited by Carol Anderson, (Edinburgh, 1990).
Dates:
1895-1900.
Typescript, undated, of 'Indian diary' by Violet Jacobs., 1922-1923.
Item
Identifier: MS.27415
Scope and Contents
Diary of a second visit to India when Violet Jacob and her husband returned to some of the places they had known in 1895-1900. It describes their journey from Port Said to Bhopal and travels to Agra, Mhow, Dhar, and other places. There are lively descriptions of social visits, especially to Sultan Jehan Begum, the ruler of Bhopal, local life, archaeological remains, scenery and plants.
Dates:
1922-1923.
Unmounted sketches of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke., 1860-1863.
File
Identifier: MS.17921
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The sketches include scenes, portraits, objects, and incidents. Some are the source of woodcuts in John Hanning Speke’s ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ 1863, and some of these have notes in Speke’s hand.
Dates:
1860-1863.
Volume containing chiefly prints, with a few drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists., [?1827.]
File
Identifier: MS.5791
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The images are nearly all of Italian scenes, and seem to have been collected during a tour of Italy in 1827.
Dates:
[?1827.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Volumes containing prints, drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists.
Volume containing prints, drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists., [?1827.]
File
Identifier: MS.5792
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The images are nearly all of Italian scenes, and seem to have been collected during a tour of Italy in 1827.
Dates:
[?1827.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Volumes containing prints, drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists.