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Sketchbooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books or pads of blank sheets used or intended for sketching, which are informal or rough drawings.

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynymound (1891-1975), 5th Earl of Minto, and of Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Knynmound (born 1928), 6th Earl of Minto., 1890-1941, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.12804-12809
Scope and Contents

Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1891 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1914; and Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1928 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1975.

Dates: 1890-1941, undated.

Facsimile, after 1918, of a sketchbook, ?1916, of caricatures of officers of the Royal Scots during the First World War.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14190
Content Description

The artist is anonymous, but notes in the sketchbook indicate that his first name was Robin.

Dates: ?1916.

File box, unlabelled, containing letters, postcards and faxes of Rob Fairley to Marshall Anderson., 1994-2011.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 38(1)-(3)
Scope and Contents

Also included is a sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'; and a printed catalogue, 'Rob Fairley: the early works'. The box lid is covered on the outside in the remnants of a purple, synthetic waterproof jacket. The rest of the outside of the box is covered in green fabric. The box is lined with a map showing the isles of Rhum (in part) and Eigg, and part of Arisaig.

Dates: 1994-2011.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Literary papers of Jen Hadfield.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14031

Notebooks recording a tour of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14494
Content Description

Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.

Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.

The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.

Dates: 1828

Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831., 1734-1830, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13741-13774
Scope and Contents

Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.

Dates: 1734-1830, undated.