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Photograph of old print of Clockmill House, 1780. Most likely that by Robert and Andrew Riddell, produced as an illustration for Cassell's "Old and New Edinburgh, Vol IV" edited by James Grant, (c. 1885).

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Photograph of old print, "from the print published by Messrs. McFarlane & Erskine, Edinburgh"

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Hand-drawn diagram. This replaced the Geological survey included in the original Cities and Town Planning Exhibition. Shows west-flowing glaciers skirting Calton Hill, the Castle and Salisbury Crags before advent of railways.

Scope and Contents Comprises two views of Edinburgh Castle mounted on sugar paper (said to be frequently used by Arthur Geddes) for exhibition but at what point unknown. No attribution, possibly removed when mounted. Number on reverse reads 112/119. 1. 'Edinburg', etching of a view, which appears to be from the site of Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. (8.4 x 22.75 cms) 2. 'Edinburgh Castle', etching, This may correspond to Item 11 in the Dublin Catalogue, (Ui Breasail). The spelling of...

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This has been described as an idealised depiction of Edinburgh. The medieval appearance of the town shows only a small southern suburb - showing the Pleasance, but not Blackfriars monastery, destroyed 16th century. 'Survey of Edinburgh' number pencilled on back, 112/18. Originally appeared in Nathaniel Spencer's (aka Robert Sanders) 'The Complete English Traveller' (c. 1773).

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Most likely a reproduction of an engraving showing the prospect of Edinburgh from the east, delineated by John Elphinstone and engraved (sculp) by Park.

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Most likely a reproduction of an engraving showing a perspective view of the eastern side of the castle delineated by Thomas Sandby and engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.

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Tinted lithograph showing west view of Edinburgh Castle. No attribution; no other reference.

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Likely to be a duplicate copy of an engraving. Portrait of George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582, (historian and classical scholar; tutor (preceptor) to King James VI, late sixteenth century). Buchanan was a supporter of the Reformation. See Dictionary of National Biography for more information. Engraved by Robert Scott from an original picture in the Library of the University of Edinburgh. Published by Khull, Blackie and Company, Glasgow and A. Fullarton and Company, Edinburgh, around 1826.

Scope and Contents Likely to be a duplicate copy of a stippled engraving on paper by Samuel Freeman as an illustration to Robert Chambers' "A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" (1834). Portrait of George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582, (historian and classical scholar; tutor (preceptor) to King James VI, late sixteenth century). Buchanan was a supporter of the Reformation. See Dictionary of National Biography for more information. From the original portrait in the University of Edinburgh. Published by Blackie...