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Skene, James, 1775-1864 (lawyer and artist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1775 - 1864

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Album of sketches by James Skene of Rubislaw

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2019
Content Description This is an album of sketches by James Skene of Rubislaw (1775-1864), comprising approximately 420 sketches. A talented amateur artist, James Skene of Rubislaw was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott who accompanied him on riding excursions to localities that Scott planned to feature in his novels and poems. There, at Scott’s suggestion, Skene made sketches of landscapes and buildings that Scott then used as an inspiration and aide-memoire for his own work. Many of the sketches in this album...
Dates: c 1804-c 1830
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

[Cumray], 1834

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/5/26
Scope and Contents

[Cumray]. Line engraving. 1834. Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, Engraver; Tilt, Charles, 1797-1861, Publisher.

Published in: Illustrations: Landscape, Historical, and Antiquarian, to the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1834).

Note: Illustrates Scott's 'Lord of the Isles'. Legend varies from published state, where Skene is credited with the original sketch.

Dates: 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

Dundranen Abbey, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/5/121(i)
Scope and Contents

Dundranen Abbey. Etching. 1829. Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist, Etcher; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: James Skene, A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels (1829).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0062.

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

Glencaple, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/5/153(i)
Scope and Contents

Glencaple. Etching. 1829. Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist, Etcher; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: James Skene, A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels (1829).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0011.

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

[Holy Loch], 1834

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/7/126(i)
Scope and Contents

[Holy Loch]. Line engraving. 1834. Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, Engraver; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.

Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 1.

Note: Titled in pencil: 'Holy Loch (Kilmun, Argyleshire) Heart of Midlothian'. Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] LIW0030.

Dates: 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 7. Aberdeen, Angus, Elgin, Banff, Inverness, Argyle

Lagg Castle, August 1833

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/5/166(i)
Scope and Contents

Lagg Castle. Line engraving. August 1833. Roberts, David, 1796-1864, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, Engraver; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Published ... by Chapman & Hall, 68 Strand.

Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 2.

Note: At lower right: 'Red Gauntlet'. Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] LIW0075.

Dates: August 1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

Manor Glen, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/16(i)
Scope and Contents

Manor Glen. Etching. 1829. Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist, Etcher; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: James Skene, A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels (1829).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0022.

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

Manor Glen, September 1832

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/16(ii)
Scope and Contents

Manor Glen. Line engraving. September 1832. Fielding, Copley, 1787-1855, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, Engraver; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London, Published … by Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand.

Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 1.

Note: Below at right: 'Black Dwarf'. Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] LIW0021.

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

Nidpath Castle, July 1833

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/11(iii)
Scope and Contents Nidpath Castle. Line engraving. July 1833. Westall, William, 1781-1850, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, Engraver; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.Publisher statement: London, Published … by Chapman & Hall, 68, Strand.Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 2.Note: Drawn by Westall, from a sketch by Skene. Below at right: 'St Ronan's Well'. Illustrating Scott...
Dates: July 1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Palace Gate, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/110(i)
Scope and Contents

Palace Gate. Etching. 1829. Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist, Etcher; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: James Skene, A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels (1829).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0003.

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

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