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Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1825 - 1894

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Sketchbooks by R. M. Ballantyne, including seven autograph letters

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1838
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two sketchbooks by Scottish writer R. M. Ballantyne:1. The first sketchbook is made of approximately 85 leaves, almost all of which bear original drawings (pencil, ink and ink-and wash), cartoons, sketches and preliminary ideas. Some are highly finished images intended for a subsequently abandoned book of his fishing trip to Norway, as well as material for the published 'Freaks on the Fells'. On the first blank is Ballantyne's presentation inscription...
Dates: 1860s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections