Box Box 5 of 9

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Black and white gloss photographic print taken from woodland at bottom of hill at Roslin Glen and looking upwards to Roslin Chapel

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Albumen photographic print showing south front of Roslin Chapel

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Albumen photographic print showing Ben Johns Tree at Hawthornden Castle

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Matt finish duplicate photographic print showing Roslin Castle in mid ground and looking north-west to Roslin Chapel on hill to right. Image incorrectly labelled as Hawthornden and Rosslyn Chapel.

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Black and white photographic print, matt finish, mounted on board showing pond in foreground and Lauriston Castle behind, reflection of castle showing in water.

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Black and white matt photographic print showing Loganlee Burn on the road from Flotterstone at Glencorse, road to left of burn with flock of sheep travelling along road towards camera

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Photographic print showing tree lined Quality Street at North Berwick, mounted on brown sugar paper

Scope and Contents Photographic print showing drawing room of Abbotsford House, known to have been the residence of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). The image shows the hand-painted in China wallpaper, a gift from Scott's cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The great portrait above the fireplace shows Scott with his dogs Camp and Percy seated in the landscape with the valley of Yarrow behind him. It was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn in 1809 following the publication of Scott's poem Marmion in...

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Black and white gloss photographic print with white border, showing view of Dryburgh Abbey from the west and shows the transepts of the abbey of the church. On the left is part of the gable of the north transept, with its aisle and in the centre is the gable of the south transept. To the left is the part of the north wall of the presbytery (east end) of the church. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was buried amongst the ruins.

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Black and white postcard showing Milecastle 48, located on the south-west of the village of Gilsland and one of the best preserved milecastles on the entire length of Hadrian's Wall. Milecastles were built at every Roman mile along the wall to enable control of people crossing from one side of the wall to the other.