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

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1775 - 1864

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Salisbury Crags, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/137
Scope and Contents

Salisbury Crags. 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] SKE0035.

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

St. Cuthbert's, February 1839

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/20(ii)
Scope and Contents St. Cuthbert's. Line engraving. February 1839. Roberts, David, 1796-1864, Artist; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, Engraver; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.Publisher statement: London, Published … by Chapman & Hall, 86, Strand.Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 2.Note: Drawn by D. Roberts, from a sketch by J. Skene. Below, at left: 'Fortunes of Nigel'. Illustrating Scott...
Dates: February 1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

The Earl of Haddington's House, Cowgate, c 1914

 Item — Box Box A: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/8/12
Scope and Contents Framed print of a pen and ink watercolour, a copy of a drawing by James Skene of Rubislaw. The Earl of Haddington's House was built and occupied by the Earl of Haddington; approximately on the site of the “Cunzie House” or the Old Mint, and later of George IV Bridge. The building was sometimes referred to as “The French Ambassador's House”. See Robert Chamber's "Traditions of Edinburgh" (1868) in which there is a small picture of a house, identical with this item, which is described as the...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Reformation period

The Rhymer's Tower, 1833

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Identifier: Coll-10/3/130
Scope and Contents

The Rhymer's Tower. Line engraving. 1833. Austin, Samuel, 1796-1834, Artist; Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist; Havell, Frederick James, 1801-1840, Engraver; Tilt, Charles, 1797-1861, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London: Published … by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street.

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

Note: Below, at right: 'Sir Tristrem'.

Dates: 1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

White Horse Inn, 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/94
Scope and Contents

White Horse Inn. 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] SKE0004.

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

Wintoun House, 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/189
Scope and Contents

Wintoun House. 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: Added in pencil: 'E. Lothian'. Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0037.

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian