Drawings. Visual works
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Album of sketches by Mary Boott
Item — Box CLX-A-388
Identifier: Coll-2063
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...
Dates:
1824-1857
Property Records and Plans, 1808 - c. 1970
Series
Identifier: LHB7/57
Scope and Contents
Plans LHB7/57/18A - 18C were found with this collection although they are not related to the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Perhaps they were used as a template for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital development. The architects are Geo. [George] Bennett Mitchell and Son.
Dates:
1808 - c. 1970