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18th century Royal warrant commanding the preparation of letters patent granting Robert Barker use for fourteen years of his invention 'La nature a coup d'oeil ... for displaying views of nature ... by oil painting', or 'panorama'
Fonds — Volume: CLX-A-1324
Identifier: Coll-1692
Scope and Contents
This document is of significant interest as a record of the invention of what became one of the most popular forms of public entertainment in the first half of the 19th century.It is a Warrant signed by George III commanding the preparation of letters patent granting to Robert Barker the sole use for fourteen years of his invention of "an entire new contrivance or apparatus which he calls la nature a coup d'oeil for the purpose of displaying views of nature at large by oil...
Dates:
5 June 1787
24 drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1317
Scope and Contents
24 pen and ink drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fish, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black. There are two suites of work (1840 and 1841) with the same title but with a different set of 12 illustrations. The bindings of the two sets are in very poor condition. The illustrations from the 1840 suite, one of which is coloured, are:
The elephant
The tiger
The gnu
...
Dates:
1840-1841
250th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-652
Scope and Contents
The material is composed of: copies of 24 articles by the United States Information Service (USIS) on Benjamin Franklin, his life and work; 8 off-prints and articles on Franklin produced by The Franklin Institute; and, 37 accompanying photographs (attached to USIS material) with captions.
Dates:
1956
1950s study on the assimilation of African and West Indian students in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1304
Scope and Contents
This thesis of 296 pages was probably written in the mid- to late-1950s and is written in language that reflects the period. It features a bibliography of works from between 1902 and 1954, and the work is concerned with the black community and assimilation within the 'bluebrick universities' of Oxford and Cambridge.
Dates:
1953-1959
A Law: notes from lectures on Chemistry by Joseph Black
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1374
Scope and Contents
The lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black consist of:
- 3 volumes of lecture notes (1775)
Dates:
1775
Abstract of Journal of William Henry Playfair
Fonds — Volume: Dc.3.73
Identifier: Coll-1677
Content Description
The volume is concerned mainly with affairs connected with the building of the University of Edinburgh, 1817-1822. It also lists details of income and expenditure during the period and, refers to other projects, clients etc.Playfair's opening paragraph describes this as an abstract of a journal of "the principal transactions and events of my life, chiefly in order to prevent doubt and confusion in matters of business."The volume mentions Playfair taking occupancy of the Mathematics...
Dates:
1817-1822
Account of a trip to the Western Isles and St. Kilda
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1430
Scope and Contents
Manuscript account of a 'Pedestrian tour round the west coast of Scotland in 1849', in August of that year, followed by an account of a 'Trip aboard the Free Kirk Breadalbane yacht with 3 ministers to St. Kilda, Staffa, and back' in 1850.
The volume has inserted a monochromatically tinted sketch of St. Kilda
The volume has inserted a monochromatically tinted sketch of St. Kilda
Dates:
1849-1850
Album amicorum of Tokyo artists Japanese art
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1625
Scope and Contents
The album contains 22 paintings by various artists, and these include: an illustration of a swallow, a peony, a waterfall, a monkey, autumn leaves, a mandarin duck, a chrysanthemum, a sparrow on a flowering twig, a lobster, heavy rain, a flock of sparrows, a tea bowl and camellia, a shrimp, houses in the snow, a fan and handscroll, a white rabbit, and a basket.
Dates:
1820-1920
Album and scrapbook collected by Jessie Aitken Wilson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1504
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
1 x book of photographic portraits containing portraits of Albrech Duerer, Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, George Sand, Matthew Arnold, and cardinal newman, and others. The album was given to Jessie Aitken Wilson by novelist Mrs. Oliphant and is inscribed, 'This Book was the gift of Mrs. Oliphant'.
1 x packet of (4) loose photographic portraits:...
Dates:
1850-1870
Album of operatic programmes, Dresden, 1911-1918
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1590
Scope and Contents
The scrap-album contains postcards showing the exterior of the Koenigliches Opernhaus in earlier years, and opera-singers or performers in their various roles. There are also circa 19 programmes of the operatic programmes at Dresden Opera House, 1911. Also within the album are three letters to 'Eleanor W. Dolie' (Dollie?) addressed to a Paris address.
The album holds the signature 'Eleanor W. Dolie' (Dollie?) facing inside cover, and was presented by 'Miss Eleanor Hughes'.
The album holds the signature 'Eleanor W. Dolie' (Dollie?) facing inside cover, and was presented by 'Miss Eleanor Hughes'.
Dates:
1911-1918
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