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Photographs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 1938 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 05 September 1896

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/2/14
Scope and Contents

Cecil thanks Ewart for 'the photo of Mulatto and Romulus' (Ewart's first zebra/horse hybrid and dam) and mentions that the Scottish Farmer should be sending 'Reid of Wishaw' (Charles Reid, the photographer). Cecil suggests that Reid should photograph Ewart's various animals (zebra, mule, donkey as well as Mulatto and Romulus) to highlight the differences in stripes between father and son, and the absence of stripes in the non-hybrid animals.

Dates: 05 September 1896
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1893-1896

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 23 February 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/4
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Cecil thanks Ewart for sending photographs and his paper. He goes on to complain of losing 7 mares and 11 foals the previous year to the strongylus parasite.

Dates: 23 February 1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1898

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Magnus Spence, 30 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/39
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Spence states that he is enclosing a photograph of a bird believed to be a cross between a goose and a swan (photograph not present). He states he will let Ewart know if it should happen to breed with a goose.

Dates: 30 March 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 22 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/23
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Hayes requests photographs of Connemara ponies for the third edition of Points of the Horse which he is preparing.

Dates: 22 March 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 29 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/27
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Hayes replies to Ewart's invitation to visit him at Penicuik, stating that is able to put his research to one side in order to make the trip. He adds that the Duke of Bedford has given him the opportunity to take photographs of his Przewalski's horses, some of which he intends to send on to Ewart.

Dates: 29 March 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 16 May 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/37
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Hayes announces that due to the bad weather he will be unable to come and photograph Ewart's animals for another week or two.

Dates: 16 May 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 25 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/51
Scope and Contents

Hayes repeats his desire to visit Ewart again in Scotland and to take photographs of his animals.

Dates: 25 June 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 14 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/57
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Hayes provides information about the twice winner of the Grand National, 'Manifesto'. He adds that he does not consider any of the photographs Ewart had enclosed sharp enough for reproduction.

Dates: 14 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 30 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/13
Scope and Contents Hayes describes a forthcoming visit to Manchester Museum with Professor Boyd Dawkins to see the teeth of Equus stenonis. He makes other remarks about the teeth of various mammals and describes a mathematical problem about horse trotting which he has been trying to solve. He mentions some pictures of Barra and Skye ponies which 'Master Arthur' has sent to him for inclusion in his book Points of the Horse. He also mentions that he would...
Dates: 30 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 01 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/26
Scope and Contents

Hayes writes that he encloses five photographs of the feet of zebra (photographs not present), and that he wishes to have blocks made to scale. He offers Ewart cliches of the blocks. He asks if Ewart has a foot of a Przewalski's horse, as he would like to photograph it.

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