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A4 printed copy of a black and white image of [Amalie Joachim] standing behind a chair for a portrait, 1850s-1870s (date of original portrait)

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Identifier: Coll-1711/5/13/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs of, and related to Joseph Joachim and his family.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850s-1870s (date of original portrait)

Amateur Watercolour of timber forest, 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-1619/7
Scope and Contents

Amateur watercolour by ?Cleghorn - Timber Forest on Chobu ka koh Birmaur.

Dates: 19th century

Balanophora Diocia, 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-1619/22/1
Scope and Contents

Balanophora diocia, copied from lower part of plate 78.

Dates: 19th century

Coloured sketches - Alison Douglas Tod, mid-20th century

 File — Box CLX-D-62: Series Coll-2029/2
Identifier: Coll-2029/2/9 Outsize
Scope and Contents

This file contains a combination of pencil sketches and more complete ink and painted drawings. The main subject is Alison Tod's character, Sally Ann, but there is also a pencil and coloured pencil drawing of dancing women.

Dates: mid-20th century

[DELETE] Photograph showing a group of students at the Little Theatre for the "Varsity Vanities" production, 28 April to 3 May 1947

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Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 1, no. 42
Scope and Contents

This is a black and white photograph showing a male student in the foreground with other students behind him at the Little Theatre for the Varsity Vanities production from 28 April to 3 May 1947. They are participating in "Join the Frivolity".

Dates: 28 April to 3 May 1947

Drawing of Gaddis and goat flocks , 1862

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Identifier: Coll-1619/4
Scope and Contents Drawing of Gaddis, an ethno-linguistic, semi-pastoral tribe group found mainly in states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, India. The drawing also shows goat flocks and Europeans huntng a tiger in the background. The proportions and perspective are extraordinary, but the dress and habits of the Gaddis are portrayed to the life: one can notice the dull-grey flannel coats, inside which little lambs and kids are stowed...
Dates: 1862

Embroidery created by "Mrs Prince", 1919

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Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0067
Scope and Contents Embroidery done by a "Mrs Prince" in 1919. It artfully depicts a variety of elements and scenes in small panels: flowers and plants, animals (including a rooster, butterflies, fish, geese, and a dragon), a woman from side-on looking at a landscape, and a man from behind, holding what looks like a spear and looking over a high wall.There is very little metadata accompanying this piece, but given its style, this could be an example of embroidered samplers made by students at the...
Dates: 1919

Etching of man on horse, mid 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-1619/10/4
Scope and Contents

Etching of man on horse [almost certainly by Alexander Hunter, possibly from the Indian Journal of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures].

Dates: mid 19th century

Exhibition photographs taken by Matt Laver, Second half of the 20th century

 Series — Box CLX-A-760: Series Coll-67/71
Identifier: Coll-67/71
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of 10 black and white exhibition photographs taken by Matt Laver, photographer, Edinburgh. They feature: costume and dance; Wole Soyinka; Julius Nyerere; Jackson Hlungwani; an Adzido dance workshop; a spirit talk; Kinsi Abdulleh; a Lamu snake dance; Lorna and Jenny; and Mara.

Dates: Second half of the 20th century

Family photographs, 1850s-1970s

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Identifier: Coll-1937/5
Scope and Contents This series contains approximately 60 black-and-white family photographs, dating from the 1850s up to the 1950s. The provenance is not clear and the pictures have no caption, however many of them appear to be related to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (1914-1998), one of William Aldren Turner's sons, and to Hilda Turner.Approximaltely 40 photographs date from the Second World War, and show service men in uniform and ATS members, as well as some landscapes. Arthur P. L. Turner served...
Dates: 1850s-1970s

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Hunter, Alexander, 1816-1890 (Madras surgeon and artist) 2
Joachim, Amalie, 1839-1899 (contralto) 2
Tod, Alison Douglas, fl 1940-1949 (Children's book illustrator and author) 2
Abdulleh, Kinsi, b 1967 (visual artist, editor, producer and educator) 1
Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) (1938-1949) 1
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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 1
Cleghorn, Hugh Francis Clarke (physician, botanist) 1
D'Oyly, Sir Charles, 1781–1845 (British public official and painter) 1
Deuchars, Louis Reid, 1870-1927 (Scottish artist and sculptor) 1
Edinburgh College of Art (1907-:) 1
Hlungwani, Jackson, 1923-2010 (South African sculptor) 1
Laver, Matt, fl 2006 (photographer) 1
Lorimer, Sir Robert Stodart, 1864-1929 (Architect) 1
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 1
Prince, fl 1919 (Female embroidery student) 1
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 1
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 1
Soyinka, Wole, b 1934 (Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist) 1
Stewart, Charles H, fl. 1949 (secretary to the University of Edinburgh) 1
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834 1
Tarr, Roger, fl 1970s-2010s (former member of staff, University of Edinburgh) 1
Tod, Richard, fl 1901-1917 (Children's book illustrator and author) 1
Turner, Arthur Patrick Logan, fl 1940s-1970s (WW2 officer) 1
Turner, Helen Mary Mackenzie, 1886–1961 (nee Macdougall | married to William Aldren Turner) 1
Turner, John William Aldren, 1911-1980 (British neurologist and physician) 1
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
Turner, William Aldren, 1864-1945 (Scottish neurologist) 1
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 1
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