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Portraits

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 709 Collections and/or Records:

Elder, Robert, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/3
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Robert Elder. Caption: "Robert Elder D.D. 1808-1892. (Rothesay)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Engraving showing a Portrait of David Hume, mid-19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/SRC.1.9
Scope and Contents

This is an engraving showing a portrait of Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776), with the caption: "David Hume. From a Print by A. Smith, after a Picture by Allen Ramsay. Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street." And just under the portrait: "Engraved by W. Holl".

Dates: mid-19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Etty, William, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/8/11
Scope and Contents

Portrait of William Etty. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Box entitled "Calotypes by David Octavius Hill"

Etty, William, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/5
Scope and Contents

Portrait of William Etty. Caption: "William Etty R.A."

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Etty, William, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/4
Scope and Contents

Portrait of William Etty. Caption: "William Etty R.A. 1787-1849. (London)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Fairbairn, James, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/7
Scope and Contents

Portrait of James Fairbairn. Caption: "James Fairbairn D.D. 1804-1879. (Newhaven)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Fairbairn, John Clarkson, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/10
Scope and Contents

Portrait of John Clarkson Fairbairn. Caption: "Rev. John Clarkson Fairbairn 1811-1873. (Allanton)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Fairbairn, Patrick, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/11
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Patrick Fairbairn. Caption: "Principal Patrick Fairbairn D.D. 1805-1874. (Glasgow)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits III. Elder- Hetherington

Fairbairn, William, 2 May 1856

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/20
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from William Fairbairn to Miss Susan Horner, Athenaeum Club, 2 May 1856: “Your anxiety for the public safety induces me to reply in writing on the subject of the Bridge you were so kind as to submit to my consideration. It is a very pretty sketch, not unlike the Bridge of Sighs, and the only danger is that it might actually become one of that description if traversed by the delicate, the aged, and the infirm. I strongly suspect that there would be some puffing to get...
Dates: 2 May 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Family photographs, 1850s-1970s

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1937/5
Scope and Contents This series contains approximately 60 black-and-white family photographs, dating from the 1850s up to the 1950s. The provenance is not clear and the pictures have no caption, however many of them appear to be related to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (1914-1998), one of William Aldren Turner's sons, and to Hilda Turner.Approximaltely 40 photographs date from the Second World War, and show service men in uniform and ATS members, as well as some landscapes. Arthur P. L. Turner served...
Dates: 1850s-1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir William Turner and family