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Illustrations. Layout features.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to pictures or diagrams that clarify or provide an example or visualization. They usually accompany a text; the term is most often used to refer to pictures in books or published journal. For works that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work, use ""studies (visual works)""For paintings in manuscripts, use ""illuminations"" or ""miniatures (paintings)"" .

Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

"The Warriston Monthly".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9241
Scope and Contents

Illustrated magazine circulating in manuscript amonst the employees of McLagan and Cumming.

Dates: 1897.

"Trip to Edinburgh and Glasgow by the Polytechnic Y.M.C.I. ..." by W A Stephenson.

 File
Identifier: MS.9234
Scope and Contents Stephenson's diary covers his visit to Scotland from 23-30 August 1890. The writer gives his impressions of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and of places in the Forth and Clyde valleys and in the Central Highlands which he visited, such as Kirkcaldy, Dundee, Dunfermline, Greenock, Rothesay, Perth, Dunkeld, and Pitlochry. The main significance of the journal is in his description of his visit to the Edinburgh International Exhibition. He is interested in the engineering sections of the exhibition, the...
Dates: 1890.

Two illustrations of John Faed for Robert Burns, "Tam O` Shanter".

 File
Identifier: Acc.7083
Scope and Contents

Published for the members of the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland.

Dates: 1855.

Volume of nine miscellaneous manuscripts, forming part of the Hugh Sharp Collection., 1679-1933.

 File
Identifier: MS.3310 [H.S.389]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letter of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Public Affairs, signed by Archbishop Sharp, ordering the Earl of Linlithgow to cause seize Francis Scott of Greenhill in the head of Yarrow, 1679 (folio 1);(ii) Commission of a captain in Cluny's regiment, signed by Prince Charles Edward, 1745 (folio 2);(iii) Discharge-certificate of a sergeant, signed by George Washington, 1783 (folio 4);(iv) Letters...
Dates: 1679-1933.