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Queen Mary's Sundial, Holyroodhouse (Edinburgh, Scotland)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Holyrood House, 1 January 1820

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/113(ii)
Scope and Contents

Holyrood House. Line engraving. 1 January 1820. Blore, Edward, 1787-1879, Artist; Hollis, George, 1793-1842, Engraver; Rodwell and Martin (Firm), Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Published … by Rodwell & Martin, New Bond Street.

Published in: Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland ... by Sir Walter Scott (1826), vol. II plate 4.

Dates: 1 January 1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Holyroodhouse, undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/114
Scope and Contents

Holyroodhouse. Etching. Undated. Unknown creator.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'private etching'. Name erased at bottom left.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Mary Queen of Scots Sun-dial in the garden of Holyrood Palace, 8 September 1822

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/128
Scope and Contents

Mary Queen of Scots Sun-dial in the garden of Holyrood Palace. Line engraving. 8 September 1822. Levens, T., Engraver; Beugo, Alexander, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by A. Beugo, Printseller, 38, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.

Note: 'Although this sundial is popularly associated with Mary, Queen of Scots, it was constructed in 1633 for Charles I.' [Canmore].

Dates: 8 September 1822
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh