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White, Adam, 1817-1879

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Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

Lamlash Bay with Kings Cross Point, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/15
Scope and Contents

Lamlash Bay with Kings Cross Point. Pen and ink with watercolour. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist.

Note: In ink: 'Lamlash Bay with Kings cross point sketched near Lamlash Inn Aug 6 AW'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

[Leith], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/37
Scope and Contents

[Leith]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'Clerk no. 50 drawings Brit. Mus.' Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B58 [Bertram (2012)], no. 50 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Letter: 1843 Sept. 11, British Museum, to David Laing, Librarian, Writer to the Signet's Library / Adam White., 1843

 Item
Identifier: La.IV.17 fols. 10057-10058
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

Dates: 1843
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Laing Collection / Section IV. Papers of David Laing / Correspondence: A-Z

Lincluden, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/128(i)
Scope and Contents

Lincluden. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B48 [Bertram (2012)], no. 36 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6. Pencil inscriptions: 'Lincluden'; 'no 36'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

[Linlithgow], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/224(i)
Scope and Contents

[Linlithgow]. Pencil. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Slezer, John, -1714, Artist; Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733, Publisher.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'From the Galerie du Monde, published at Leyden'. Copy [by Adam White ?] of Slezer's view of Linlithgow engraved for Van der Aa's Galerie agreable du Monde (Leiden, 1727).

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

[Linlithgow Palace], 16 September 1842

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/230(i)
Scope and Contents [Linlithgow Palace]. Pen and ink wash. 16 September 1842. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist.Note: Ink annotations: 'Linlithgow Palace West aspect. Sept 16 (Friday) 1842 / Linlithgow Palace S. aspect sketched hurredly at 6 o'clock Sept 16, 1842. / [on s. façade] x windows filled up marks of gable of a riding school / [on stonework] renewed at considerable expense to keep the tower from falling / [mem?] in Blore's view the church tower never could have been drawn in 1823 / James...
Dates: 16 September 1842
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Lochmaben, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/164
Scope and Contents

Lochmaben. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B93 [Bertram (2012)], no. 44 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6. Pencil inscriptions: 'Lochmaben'; 'Clerk no 44'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

[Melville Castle], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/163(i)
Scope and Contents

[Melville Castle]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'No. 17 / Melville Castle'. Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B73 [Bertram (2012)], no. 17 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

[Melville Mill], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/164
Scope and Contents

[Melville Mill]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'Melville Mill'. Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching 'Melvile Milne from Eldin', B73 [Bertram (2012)], no. 18 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Monument over the body of young Siward slain by Macbeth in grounds of Belmont (Hon Stuart Mackenzies) not far from Dundee, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/134
Scope and Contents

Monument over the body of young Siward slain by Macbeth in grounds of Belmont (Hon Stuart Mackenzies) not far from Dundee. Pen and ink. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Swete, John, 1752-1821, Artist; Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, Engraver.

Note: In ink: 'Traced from an aquatint … of Essays by a Society of Gentlemen at Exeter, 1796' with further details of the Stone and reference. Tracing [by Adam White?] from aquatint by Alken after Swete.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee