Showing Collections: 1971 - 1980 of 1991
Viewer's key to a panorama of Dover, taken from the South Pier
Single sheet illustrated guide to a panorama of Dover taken from the South Pier, published by Henry Aston BArker and John Burford c 1818. The circular view of Dover from the South Pier shows the entrance to the Harbour, the Outer Basin, the cast iron tunnel intended to clear away the bar by force of water, coastal features from Shakespear Cliff and the Western Heights to the South Foreland and the various fortifications including the New Barracks and Drop Redoubt and the Castle.
Viewer's key to a panorama of Plymouth, entitled "The circle of observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a view of Plymouth"
Single sheet illustrated guide to the panorama of Plymouth, entitled "The circle of observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a view of Plymouth", displayed in the bigger of two galleries at Robert Barker's Panorama in Leicester-Square, London. Woodcut image, with letterpress text. The image reproduces the cylindrical panorama as a flat disc.
"Viewer's key" to Panorama of Constantinople and surrounding country
This is a viewers' guide to a panorama of Constantinople and surrounding country exhibited in Leicester Square, London, in 1801. The item is captioned "The Lower Circle of Observation exhibits a View of Constantinople and the Surrounding Country".
Westminster: [R. Barker], printed by J. Adlard, 1801. Broadside, 370 x 313 mm.
"Viewer's keys" to three panoramas exhibited in Leicester Square: Battle of Trafalgar, City of Corfu, and George IV's Coronation Procession
Visitors’ book for Lady Glenorchy’s (South) Church, Edinburgh
See External Documents (below) for details.
Volume of hand-painted illustrations 'Fruits, Plants etc of Malacca' belonging to Robert Munro Binning (1814-1891)
Volume of lecture notes taken by John P Mackintosh at lectures in Constitutional History given by Dr. Balfour-Melville, 1947-48. With enclosures
Volume of philosophical tracts, in Latin
This is a manuscript volume, written on paper, and has 231 leaves, measuring 240mm by 170mm. It is bound in contemporary vellum over pasteboards.
Volumes of Thomas Elder
MS ELD 1: A commonplace book from 1834. Volume is primarily handwritten, with a clipping of a recipe for bread pasted to the back board.
MS ELD 2: A scrap book of newspaper cuttings, c. 1830-1840. Cuttings are pasted into the volume, and are mostly of topographical interest.
Waverley Care
The collection reflects the formation of the Waverley Care Trust in administrative papers and correspondence. Reports, newsletters, photographs and publicity materials document projects, community activities and initiatives run by the Waverley Care Trust, later (after 2003) Waverley Care.