Sketches.
Found in 342 Collections and/or Records:
Holiday journal compiled by Mrs William Waddell mainly during holidays on the Isle of Arran, with pen sketches of various locations, inscribed volume III.
Illustrated diary of Mary Cumming Bruce.
Illustrated notes and sketches addressed to Sydney Goodsir Smith's second wife, Hazel., 1964-1974, undated.
“Instruction concernant le service de I'Infanterie légère en campagne” (Londres, 1801); copy owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Macleod and signed by him on the title page., 1801-[before 1813.]
The book contains on blank leaves bound in at the back a memorandum (folio 3) and sketches (folios 8 verso, 11 verso, 12 verso) in pencil apparently in Charles Macleod’s hand, and, in another hand in ink, written also on the flyleaves, biographical notes and extracts from printed sources referring to him.
Interleaved and annotated copy of ’Hamlet … by William Shakespeare … printed from the acting copy, with remarks and critical, by D G … as performed at the Theatre Royal, London’ (London, [?1826-?1847]), used as a prompt book for the 1849 production at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh with Thomas Powrie in the leading role.
There are notes, instructions and sketches throughout by Thomas Powrie and by the stage manager, J H Smith.
Interleaved copy of ‘The travels of Lady Hester Stanhope’ by Charles L Meryon (London, 1846), with numerous manuscript notes, sketches, corrections, etc., 1846.
Items given to James Johnston upon his leaving the British Army of the Rhine, Circa. 1983, 1984, 1986-1989.
Journal, 1857, of Alexander Gibb of Laurencekirk, containing notes on family outings, and on local history and topography, frequently illustrated with plans and sketches.
Loosely inserted (folio 53) is a printed article by Alexander Gibb, on 'The Ballad of Jack Monro', an off-print from the ‘Brechin Advertiser’, 9 February 1904.
Journal kept by Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour while a naval cadet and midshipman in the paddle-wheel frigate, HMS ‘Terrible’, March-October 1854, and March-September 1855., 1854-1855.
Throughout the period, except for a short visit to Gibraltar in August 1855 to load ammunition, HMS ’Terrible’ was stationed in the Black Sea, where she took part in bombarding the forts at Sebastopol, pursuing Russian shipping, and carrying troops. Much of the journal concerns the movements of ships and officers, but it also refers to contemporary events, and includes some descriptions of the Crimea and the British army. Some small sketches and plans of engagements have been inserted.
Journal kept by David Livingston from August 1862 to February 1863, describing the ascent of the rivers Rovuma and Shire, with accounts of the country and people passed; illustrated with diagrams and sketches.
Journal of a Continental tour of France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium. , 1840-1841.
The unidentified writer describes local industries such as the working of Gobelins tapestry and the manufacture of glass beads at Venice, and Alpine glaciers and waterfalls. The volume is illustrated throughout by engravings, coloured postcards, and pencil sketches.
Journal of a tour to Scotland, 12 August-7 October 1842, kept by Miss S Taylor, of Moore Green, near Birmingham.
Journal of a tour to Scotland by Clement Mansfield Ingleby.
‘Journal of a trip to the Island of Gottland, Sweden, Denmark, &c., &c., with Some Correspondence, and Remarks upon the Capabilities of that Island as a Field for Emigration, by John Shedden Dobie'.
The author was one of a party who made a tour of inspection of Gottland in connection with a scheme, promoted by Robert Chambers, the publisher, to settle British farmers there. Their report was entirely adverse. The volume includes a printed prospectus of the scheme, relevant newspaper articles, and correspondence with Chambers, 1850, and is illustrated with several water-colour sketches.
Journal of a walking tour made by James Erskine of Aberdona, from Edinburgh to Alloa and Stirling, with three small sketches., 1802.
'Journal of an excursion to Ireland, Wales and England' by Alexander J Adie., 1828.
Alexander J Adie travelled through Galloway to Belfast and Dublin, then through North Wales, returning to Edinburgh through Newcastle. His journal describes the countryside and people, but his interest was primarily in bridges, mines, railways and other engineering works. There are detailed descriptions, with small sketches, of a descent in a diving bell (folio 19) and visits to a salt mine (folio 37) and iron works (folio 50).
Journal of J Ker, Surgeon in the Royal Navy.
The Naval log is illustrated by sketches of ships, scenery, antiquities, etc., and accompanied by several poems and a dissertation on the putrid fever of St Lucia (folio 27). The scenes and incidents described include the West Indies, 1778-1779; Denmark and Zetland, 1780; the loss of the ‘Royal George’, 1782; and the battle of Cape St Vincent.
Journal of John Dunlop, younger brother of Alexander Graham Dunlop., 1845-1846.
The journal describes John Dunlop's life as a medical student in Paris and his impressions of France and of his fellow students. In 1846 he joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon, and the last part of the manuscript describes his voyage to India. The journal is illustrated with sketches in pencil and water-colours.
Journal of Mary E Haldane of a trip to Italy travelling as far as Naples with her husband, Robert Haldane of Cloan, Writer to the Signet., 1868.
The narrative breaks off at Paris on the return journey (folio 59 verso). The journal is illustrated with a few small sketches at folios 31 verso-32. The journal is written in pencil.
Journal of Mrs Beecroft, describing a tour by her daughter and herself through France and Switzerland, setting out from Norwich., 1822.
Journal of the Honourable Frances Catherine Mackenzie, daughter of Lord Seaforth. , 1811, 1813.
The journal contains entries for 1811, which are purely social, written at Sidmouth, and for 1813, which describe a journey from Brahan to Dalwhinnie.