Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 322 Collections and/or Records:
16 pencil drawings by Alexander Nasmyth for "Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley" (Edinburgh, 1821).
18 letters to the family of Bishop Brinkley of Cloyne, many of Maria Edgworth and her family.
Most containing references to Sir Walter Scott.
60 letters to Robert H Lundie and his family.
With copy of letter, 1809, of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, enclosing a letter of James Thomson.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.
Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.
Acts I and III of Henry M. Milner's play The Talisman.
A later Victorian manuscript copy of Milner's stage adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, first performed at the Coburg Theatre on 11 July 1825.
Album of sketches produced by the Coventry Sketching Club at `Mr N Troughton`s meeting`, when the subject for illustration was Sir Walter Scott`s "The Fortunes of Nigel".
Amended stanza from `The Field of Waterloo`, with Scott`s comments., ? 1815.
Annotated draft of `the Pibroch of Donuil Dhu` of Walter Scott.
Approximately 120 letters of Sir Walter Scott to Archibald Constable, with related correspondence and transcripts of seventy further Scott-Constable letters.
"Autograph Letters of Sir Walter Scott"
Contains letters mainly to Charles Erskine and James Curle, with associated documents, all as described in printed index bound in.
Autograph manuscript of "The Raid of Rittersford" by Walter Scott, later published with variations as "Jamie Telfer of the Fair Donhead" in "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1802)
Bond signed by Sir Walter Scott, Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell in favour of George Home Falconer and James Hay.
Broadcast script of Stewart Conn for a BBC radio programme, "The Author of Waverley".
Burgess ticket of Edinburgh in favour of Sir Walter Scott.
Given in recognition of Scott`s poetical talents.
Business records of A & C Black relating to the works of Sir Walter Scott.
Concerning the publication of the works of Sir Walter Scott, the copyrights of the Waverley Novels and to the Centenary celebrations of 1871 and 1932.
Circa 100 letters to David Wilkie.
Correspondents include Sir Walter Scott and David Roberts.
Commission by Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Christie to act as Interim Sheriff Depute of Berwickshire.
Copies of letters to Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1816.
Copy letter and transcript of Sir Walter Scott to William Muir, 10 October 1824
Copy of letter to Samuel Warren., 1823.
Copy of letter to Walter Scott., 1817.
Copy of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805) by Walter Scott, with watercolour illustrations by Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown.
Copy of "Traditions of Edinburgh" (1825), by Robert Chambers, with double pages replacing cancelled leaves and the original text (concerning Hugo Arnot) supplied in manuscript.
Includes tipped in notes of Arnot`s son, and an anecdote, of Walter Scott to Robert Chambers which was incorporated into "Traditions of Edinburgh".
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- Letters. Correspondence. 115
- Photocopies. 31
- Correspondence. 27
- Notes. 16
- Manuscripts. 13
- Copies. Derivative objects. 10
- Novels. 10
- Poetry. 7
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
- Abbotsford House (historic house). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. 4
- Accounts. 4
- Albums. 4
- Drawings. Visual works. 4
- Research notes 4
- Transcripts 4
- Typescripts. 4
- Bonds. Legal instruments. 3
- Facsimiles. Reproductions. 3
- Illustrations. Layout features. 3
- Publications. 3
- Receipts. Financial records 3
- Sketches 3
- Annotations. 2
- Articles. 2
- Books 2
- Commissions. Permissions. 2
- Dissertations. 2
- Drafts. Documents. 2
- Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
- Engravings. Prints. 2
- Excerpts. 2
- Fragments. 2
- Indexes. Reference sources. 2
- Journals. Accounts. 2
- Legal documents. 2
- Newspapers. 2
- Reports 2
- Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 2
- Scripts. Documents 2
- Watercolours. Paintings. 2
- Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
- Auction catalogues. 1
- Caricatures. 1
- Certificates 1
- Charters 1
- Circulars. Fliers. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Declarations. 1
- Dryburgh Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 55.5667. 1
- Envelopes. 1
- Fiction. 1
- Forgeries. Derivative objects. 1
- Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
- Genealogies. 1
- Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 1
- Histories. 1
- India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
- Inscriptions. 1
- Interleaves. 1
- Invitations. 1
- Isle of Man. Europe - Isle of Man. Island. Longitude: -4.5000. Latitude: 54.2500. 1
- Labels. Identifying artifacts. 1
- Lake District. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
- Marginalia. Annotations. 1
- Melrose Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.7500. Latitude: 55.6167. 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Miniatures. Paintings. 1
- Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- Notebooks. 1
- Orders. Records (documents). 1
- Pamphlets. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Prompt books. Scripts. 1
- Prose poems. 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Registers (lists) 1
- Reviews. Document genre 1
- Sales catalogues. 1
- Scottish Borders. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Region (geographic). 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Seals. Artifacts 1
- Selkirk. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. County. 1
- Songs. Musical compositions. 1
- Synopses. 1
- Translations. Documents. 1
- Travel journals 1
- Trossachs. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. General region. 1 + ∧ less