University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Content Description This album dating from 1823 to 1857 contains accomplished drawings of landscape and town views across England and Scotland by the amateur artist Mary Boott. Most sketches are signed by her, dated, and inscribed with locations.Mary Boott (née Hardcastle) was married to American botanist Francis Boott (1792-1863) and would often accompany him on his field collecting trips, and while he went off looking for plant specimens she drew the landscapes they visited. The drawings are...

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This is a large panoramic view of Jerusalem originally taken from the roof of the Governor's Palace by Selina Bracebridge on the 16th December 1834. The present item is a lithographed reproduction of the full panorama drawing, in the form of a long strip. [Graf & Soret], [1834].