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Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894

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Henry Eyre was the son of actor and playwright Edmund John Eyre, 1767-1816: members of the Eyre family were connected in various capacities to the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Henry Eyre's sister Mary married the actor and painter Montague Stanley in 1833. A possible distant connection by marriage with the painter John Prescott Knight (see Adam White's note to Coll-10/3/55) may have assisted Eyre in becoming after 1849 successively clerk, Registrar and Secretary at the Royal Academy, London.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

At Dunoon, undated

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

At Dunoon. Pen and ink. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

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

At Hamilton, 1839

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Identifier: Coll-10/6/87
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At Hamilton. Pen and ink. 1839. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: This drawing by Eyre relates to the sketching expedition to Cadzow Forest mentioned in D. T. K. Drummond, Memoir of Montague Stanley (1848). See also Coll-10/6/86(ii) for a related drawing by Stanley.

Dates: 1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 6. Stirling, Lanark (Glasgow), Renfrew, Dunbarton

Boat house, end of Leith Pier, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/36(ii)
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Boat house, end of Leith Pier. Pen and ink. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'Boat house, end of Leith Pier'.

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

Interior of Craigmillar, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/74
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Interior of Craigmillar. Pencil with watercolour. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'Interior of Craigmillar / sketchd by Henry Eyre'.

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

Lochgoil head, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/7/124(ii)
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Lochgoil head. Pencil. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Title in pencil. Added pencil annotation: 'Sketch by Henry Eyre'.

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

Near Dean Bridge, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/240(ii)
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Near Dean Bridge. Pen and ink. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'near Dean Bridge / H. Eyre'.

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

Near Holyrood, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/104(i)
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Near Holyrood. Pen and ink. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Titled in pencil: 'Near Holyrood / Henry Eyre'.

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

Old Cross at Inverary, August 1839

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Identifier: Coll-10/7/112
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Old Cross at Inverary. Pencil. August 1839. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Titled and dated in pencil: 'Henry Eyre' added.

Dates: August 1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 7. Aberdeen, Angus, Elgin, Banff, Inverness, Argyle

Old Cross, Head of Loch Goil, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/7/124(iii)
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Old Cross, Head of Loch Goil. Pencil. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Title in pencil, with annotation: 'steps rather too high for proportion'. Added pencil inscription: 'Henry Eyre'.

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

Old House in Edinburgh (Bow), undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/59(ii)
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Old House in Edinburgh (Bow). Pen and ink. Undated. Eyre, Henry James, 1807-1894, Artist.

Note: Titled in pencil: 'Old House in Edinburgh (Bow) / Mr Eyre'.

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

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