11 sketches, c1850

Item

Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/1

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Scope and Contents

11 small whimsical sketches in pen and ink showing fairy-folk and mythical animals. Later used in Memoirs of Edward Forbes, FRS, ( 1861) .

Dates

Creation: c1850

Creator

Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

11 sketches

Extent

From the Fonds: 2 metres

Additional Description

Physical Description

11 sketches

Processing Information

suitable for scanning

Processing Information

Sarah Higgins 30 November 2000

Subjects

Sketches, Preparatory (Art)

Related Names

Creator

Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) (Person)

Subject

Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) (Person)

Repository Details

Repository Details

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