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Melrose, The Scottish Borders, Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Melrose Abbey, c 1960

 Item — Box Box 5 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/2/9/4
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographic print showing close proximity external view of Melrose Abbey cloisters, Melrose, from the north-west.

Dates: c 1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: photographic prints / South-east Scotland and east Borders

The Drawing Room, Abbotsford, 1853-1908

 Item — Box Box 5 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/2/9/1
Scope and Contents Photographic print showing drawing room of Abbotsford House, known to have been the residence of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). The image shows the hand-painted in China wallpaper, a gift from Scott's cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The great portrait above the fireplace shows Scott with his dogs Camp and Percy seated in the landscape with the valley of Yarrow behind him. It was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn in 1809 following the publication of Scott's poem Marmion in...
Dates: 1853-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: photographic prints / South-east Scotland and east Borders