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

 Person

Staff Only

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 196 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of, and other papers relating to, Sir Walter Scott

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-1147
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection containing letters and papers relating to Sir Walter Scott, acquired by the University as individual items and thus too small to constitute a collection on their own. See the description of each item for more details.

Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters of Walter Scott, to Walter Dickson, and to Rev. Anthony Dow, which make reference to Helen Walker

 Fonds — Box CLX-D-29, Folder: Coll-1703 / SC-Acc-2016-0006
Identifier: Coll-1703
Content Description

Autograph letter signed, Abbotsford, 27 October 1827. Black wax seal. Addressed to Walter Dickson Esq.


Transcript of the above letter.


Autograph letter signed, Edinburgh, 5 March 1830. Red wax seal, degraded. Three postal handstamps, with one 'Dumfries'. Addressed to Rev. Dr. Dow, Kirkpatrick-Irongray, Dumfriesshire.

Dates: 1827-1830
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Life Membership of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club given to James C. Corson, 24 January 1947

 Item — Box CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0177
Scope and Contents

Life Membership of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club given to James C. Corson. The card reads: "Received from James C Corson Esq. the sum of two guineas, in payment of his subscriptions as a life member of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club".

Dates: 24 January 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Life of Sir Walter Scott, 1832

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/67
Scope and Contents

Life of Sir Walter Scott. Letterpress. 1832. William and Robert Chambers, Publisher.

Published in: Chambers Edinburgh Journal, supplement.

Note: 12 pp. on 6 roughly trimmed sheets.

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

Lines on witnessing Sir Walter Scott embark, nd

 Item — Box CLX-A-814
Identifier: Coll-1147/08-31
Scope and Contents

Lines on witnessing Sir Walter Scott embark

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Letters of, and other papers relating to, Sir Walter Scott

Lithographic imitations of sketches by modern artists [Portraits of Canning, Wollaston, Scott and Crabbe by Francis Chantrey], 1832

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/68
Scope and Contents Lithographic imitations of sketches by modern artists [Portraits of Canning, Wollaston, Scott and Crabbe by Francis Chantrey]. Lithograph. 1832. Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841, Artist; Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872, Lithographer; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, Printer; Dickinson, John, Publisher.Publisher statement: London Published by J. Dickinson.Published in: R. J. Lane A.R.A, Lithographic Imitations of Sketches by Modern Artists (1832), Plate 16.Note:...
Dates: 1832
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Management and documentation of Corson Collection, 1917 - 1988

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/CCWS/CCMD
Scope and Contents This series contains the following finding aids and registers compiled by James Clarkson Corson: Catalogue of the printed materials in the Corson Collection; Catalogue of the manuscript materials in the Corson Collection; Catalogue of newspapers cuttings in the Corson Collection; Card index of manuscript materials in the Corson Collection; ...
Dates: 1917 - 1988
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Corson Collection of Sir Walter Scott materials

Manuscript Fragment of Tales of a Grandfather, Undated [c 1830]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/4
Scope and Contents

Manuscript fragment containing extracts from Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather, published betweem 1828 and 1830. In Scott's hand.


Recto: 'p.a.p.202. We cannot wonder that a man of Lovat's character... a relation of the Argyle'.


Verso:'of his unfortunate and announced... hint of any discord'. The printed text differs from the MS. at several places.

Dates: Undated [c 1830]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott

Manuscript fragments relating to Sir Walter Scott, c 1800-1829

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/5
Scope and Contents Manuscript fragment, with two sections of text, author unknown. The first section begins with a copy of an extract from John Gibson Lockhart's Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk. Content centres on Walter Scott, and begins 'His manners are simple [and] unassuming...'.Second section of text describes the landscape and scenery on the approach to Abbotsford. Two illustrative engravings are pasted in. The first engraving shows Abbotsford, drawn by R. Westall...
Dates: c 1800-1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot

Manuscript transcription of the grave of Helen Walker, written by Sir Walter Scott, Undated. [1830s]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/6
Scope and Contents

Manuscript transcription of the carved monument to Helen Walker (d. 1791), erected in Irongray Churchyard c 1830. Walker was the inspiration for 'Jeanie Deans', the heroine of Walter Scott's 7th novel The Heart of Midlothian.

Dates: Undated. [1830s]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot