Scottish literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton, January 1950-March 1950
File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.42
Scope and Contents
4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton. The material consists of a speech at Valedictory Dinner to Members of Parliament, Scottish Universities Constituency, January 1950, 6 pages, typescript; toast to 'The City of Edinburgh', Walter Scott Club, January 1950, 4 page typescript; chairman's remarks at University Industrial Liaison Committee Symposium, March 1950, 5 pages, typescript; and speech at Institute of Brewing Dinner, March 1950, 9 pages, typescript.
Dates:
January 1950-March 1950
Manuscripts and copies of manuscripts relating to Sir Walter Scott, 18th-20th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/CCWS/MSS
Scope and Contents
This series contains:
- Manuscripts all or partly in Sir Walter Scott's hand;
- Original manuscript letters from, to, or about Sir Walter Scott;
- Manuscripts of works about or relating to Sir Walter Scott;
- Copies of manuscripts relating to Sir Walter Scott.
Dates:
18th-20th century
Visual materials illustrative of the life and work of Sir Walter Scott, 18th-20th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/CCWS/ILL
Scope and Contents
This series contains:
- Original artworks inspired by the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott
- Printed illustrations relating to the life and works of Sir Walter Scott
- Postcards and photographs of places associated with Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
18th-20th century
Watercolour painting depicting a scene from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, c 1815
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0050
Scope and Contents
This is a watercolour painting of a scene from Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake, by Thomas Stothard, signed. The scene depicts Ellen Douglas and James Fitz-James (i.e. King James V of Scotland in disguise) on a rocky shore (of Loch Katrine), with him in a skiff, holding a pole. This is either the moment of going ashore, in Canto I of Scott's poem, or the moment in Canto II, when he departs the next day. The hunting horn (small) with which he...
Dates:
c 1815