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Photographs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 390 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J. Sidney Turner, 02 November 1897

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/3/14
Scope and Contents

Turner writes that he is sending Ewart two papers with Turner's articles on hybrids (not present). He also enquires whether there are any photographs yet of the new foal hybrid, and if he could reproduce them.

Dates: 02 November 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1897

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J. Sidney Turner, 22 November 1897

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/3/15
Scope and Contents

Turner thanks Ewart for his letter of 16th November, and explains that he would appreciate a photograph of 'Mr Alexander's sketch'. He goes on to discuss the changing colours of foals' coats and markings as they grow up. He compares them with those of kittens, describing the process as a 'prolonged epitome of racial development'.

Dates: 22 November 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1897

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J. Sidney Turner, 21 April 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/10
Scope and Contents

Turner states that he will be sending Ewart a photograph of a donkey with very accentuated stripes on its legs. He awaits news of the second foal, particularly in respect to telegony. He also discusses the origins and general characteristics of the Dalmatian, the German Pointer and the Alsatian.

Dates: 21 April 1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1898

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J. Stihl, 12 November 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/25
Scope and Contents

Stihl, of Switzerland, details his trip to Southern France, the Rhone and the Camargue where he saw half-wild herds of horses and cattle. He includes 21 photographs of horses and cattle from the area (not present).

Dates: 12 November 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Carmichael, 02 January 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/1
Scope and Contents

Carmichael writes regarding the gridiron marking on a photograph (presumably of a zebra) Ewart has sent him, and similar markings on a zebra shot by Carmichael in Magomero.

Dates: 02 January 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1899

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Wilson, 09 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/31
Scope and Contents

Wilson describes the photographs taken of the skulls in the Museum of the Royal College of Science, Dublin in order to compare flat and projecting polls. He suspects the projecting polls were more popular in the past but that breeders prefer flat polls now.

Dates: 09 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Alexander Harvie-Brown, with enclosed photograph, 01 July 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/67
Scope and Contents

Harvie-Brown returns the photograph of the goose which Ewart has sent him, and says he takes it to be a cross between a Canadian and a Greylag goose, and gives details of the two species.

Dates: 01 July 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Guy Dollman, 06 January 1929

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/35/1
Scope and Contents

Dollman writes that he will send on the photographs Ewart requires as soon as possible. The photographer at the Natural History Museum has already sent photographs of the skull of Ovis sairensis. Dollman provides the measurements of the horns on the specimen.

The reverse of the page contains Ewart's handwritten notes concerning prehistoric settlements.

Dates: 06 January 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1929

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Walter Gregory, 29 January 1929

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/35/3
Scope and Contents

Gregory writes that he is interested in the photographs Ewart sent him. He imagines that hairs and scales probably arose from different types of papillae and that the hair developed between the scales and gradually replaced them as the animals required more thermal protection.

Dates: 29 January 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1929

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Joseph Griffiths with enclosed photograph, 12 August 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/39
Scope and Contents

Griffiths writes that the letter Ewart sent to the meeting of veterinary surgeons was very useful and makes some observations regarding horse breeding.

The photograph depicts a man and a horse, labelled a Red Buck Martinet, outside some stable doors.

Dates: 12 August 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

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