Pen and wash drawings of the processions at the opening of Parliament in 1685 (numbers 2-4), and at the funeral of the Duke of Rothes in 1681 (numbers 5-8).
Scope and Contents
According to a note by Thomas Sommers, dated 1803 (number 1), they are by Roderick Chalmers who was appointed a Herald Painter in 1724. Sir Thomas Innes in `The Riding of Parliament’, pages 95-103, suggests that Chalmers was working from an earlier set of drawings, probably contemporary with the processions.
The second drawing in the set of the Riding of Parliament (number 3) is an unfinished pencil sketch, made (according to Sommers`s note) in 1768 by Horace Walpole to replace a missing drawing.
Dates
- Creation: Before 1769.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (8 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The drawings were bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1803.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Two sets of engravings of the drawings were published: one by Thomas Sommers in 1769, dedicated to the Honourable Archibald Douglas; the other by Alexander Kincaid before 1777, dedicated to David Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
Physical Description
0.00 linear metres8 items.520.00 x 440.00 millimetres
Dimensions
520.00 x 440.00 millimetres
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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