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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1771 - 1832

Biography

For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.

Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]

Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:

Publications of James Clarkson Corson, 20th century

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS/PUBS
Scope and Contents Working materials (typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, notes, index slips) for publications by James Clarkson Corson, including: A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott (Oliver and Boyd, 1943); William Gell’s Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott's residence in Italy, 1832, ed. Corson (Nelson, 1957); Notes and Index to Sir Herbert Grierson’s Edition of The Letters of Sir Walter Scott (Clarendon Press,...
Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson / Research on Sir Walter Scott

Queen Mary's Bed Chamber, 1835

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/127(ii)
Scope and Contents

Queen Mary's Bed Chamber. Line engraving. 1835. Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Artist; Lewis, James, Engraver; Longman & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: London: Published for the Proprietors by Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, & Rittner & Co., Paris.

Published in: Leigh Ritchie, Scott and Scotland (Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1835).

Dates: 1835
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Reference note to 'Legend of Montrose', August 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/29
Scope and Contents

Reference note to 'Legend of Montrose' which reads 'See Legend of Montrose Scott for Children of the mist " - Aoidh clann Aoidh".

Dates: August 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Research on Sir Walter Scott, 20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Corson Collection consists of materials assembled by James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988), Deputy Librarian of Edinburgh University and Honorary Librarian of Abbotsford.It is comprised of two sub-divisions. The first consists of materials related to Sir Walter Scott, including manuscripts, artworks, realia, memorabilia, press-cuttings, and critical materials, which were purposely collected by Corson to complement his extensive collection of printed works by or about...
Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson

Scott Dictionary, 20th century

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS/SD
Scope and Contents

An alphabetically ordered index of ca. 200,000 slips covering every aspect of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott, compiled by James Clarkson Corson who referred to it as his 'Scott Dictionary'.

Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson / Research on Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/51(i)
Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott. Line engraving. 1829. Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859, Artist; Danforth, Moseley Isaac, 1800-1862, Engraver; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green.

Published in: Literary Souvenir (1829).

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

[Sir Walter Scott], undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/55
Scope and Contents

[Sir Walter Scott]. Pencil. Undated. Knight, John Prescott, 1803-1881, Artist; Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Donor.

Note: Annotation in ink: 'Original sketch by J.P. Knight R.A. given me Knight's brother in law [sic] Henry Eyre'. 'Scott sat for the original portrait by John Prescott Knight in January 1826', see EUL Walter Scott Image Collection Corson P.6110.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Sir Walter Scott, 1832

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/58(i)
Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott. Line engraving. 1832. Stothard, Alfred Joseph, Artist; Lacey, Edward, Engraver; Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, Publisher.

Published in: The Waverley Album (1832).

Dates: 1832
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

[Sir Walter Scott], undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/58(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Sir Walter Scott]. Etching. Undated. Unknown creator.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Sir Walter Scott and Family, 1837

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/56
Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott and Family. Line engraving. 1837. Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841, Artist; Graves, Robert, 1798-1873, Engraver.

Note: Subjects (L-R): Lady Charlotte Scott; daughters Anne and Sophia; youngest son Charles; Sir Adam Ferguson. To rear: shepherd Thomas Scott; Scott's eldest son Walter.

Dates: 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

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