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Palace of Holyroodhouse (Edinburgh, Scotland)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 55°57′09″N 3°10′21″W

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

A perspective view of the Palace of Holyrood House from the South East, c.1740

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/118
Scope and Contents

A perspective view of the Palace of Holyrood House from the South East. Etching. c.1740. Elphinstone, John, 1706-1753, Artist; Parr, Nathaniel, -1751, Etcher; Phinn, Thomas, Publisher.

Published in: Twelve Perspective Views of the Principal Buildings in Edinburgh.

Note: Published in this state in Hugo Arnot, History of Edinburgh (1779), p. 304-305.

Dates: c.1740

Abbey and Palace of Holyrood House, 2 February 1789

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/111
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Abbey and Palace of Holyrood House. Line engraving. 2 February 1789. Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, Artist; Sparrow, Samuel, Engraver; Hooper, S. (Samuel), Publisher.

Publisher statement: Publish'd … by S. Hooper.

Published in: Grose, Antiquities of Scotland, vol. I (1789).

Dates: 2 February 1789

Burns Monument and Holyrood Palace, 1 December 1838

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/180
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Burns Monument and Holyrood Palace. Line engraving. 1 December 1838. Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Watson, W. F., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh: Published by W.F. Watson, 52 Princes Street.

Published in: Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian (1838).

Note: cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 54(2).

Dates: 1 December 1838

Holyrood House, 1 January 1820

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/113(ii)
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Holyrood House. Line engraving. 1 January 1820. Blore, Edward, 1787-1879, Artist; Hollis, George, 1793-1842, Engraver; Rodwell and Martin (Firm), Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Published … by Rodwell & Martin, New Bond Street.

Published in: Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland ... by Sir Walter Scott (1826), vol. II plate 4.

Dates: 1 January 1820

Holyrood House, from Calton Hill New Burial Ground, 1832

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/112(ii)
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Holyrood House, from Calton Hill New Burial Ground. Line engraving. 1832. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Hamilton, John, Publisher.

Published in: Edinburgh Delineated (1832).

Note: At top left: '22'; at top right: '2d'; as 1825 edition.

Dates: 1832

Holyrood Palace, 1830

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/108(ii)
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Holyrood Palace. Line engraving. 1830. Brown, William, Artist; Horsburgh, J. (John), 1791-1869, Engraver; Cadell and Co., Publisher.

Published in: William Brown, Select Views of the Royal Palaces of Scotland (1830).

Dates: 1830

Holyroodhouse, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/114
Scope and Contents

Holyroodhouse. Etching. Undated. Unknown creator.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'private etching'. Name erased at bottom left.

Dates: undated

Inside view of the Palace of Holyrood House, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/124(i)
Scope and Contents

Inside view of the Palace of Holyrood House. Line engraving. Undated. Pyet, D. B. (David Blackmore), 1758-, Engraver.

Dates: undated

Nouveaux souvenirs d'Holyrood

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1181
Scope and Contents

The unsigned letters, mostly from Edinburgh, were all written during November or December 1831. They describe a trip from Paris to Edinburgh, and life among the French refugees there. Although the last word has been obliterated, an inscription reads: 'Quoique l'auteur ne se nomme pas, tout le monde le reconnait pour M. le Baron de [...]'. On the inside of the front cover is pasted a note reading, 'Pour mes pauvres petites filles de France', and signed Louise.

Dates: 1831

Palace Gate, 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/110(i)
Scope and Contents

Palace Gate. Etching. 1829. Skene, James, 1775-1864, Artist, Etcher; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: James Skene, A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverley Novels (1829).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] SKE0003.

Dates: 1829