Scotland

Schizzenbuch aus Schottland, a sketchbook of architectural studies

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1472

Scope and Contents The leather-bound sketch-book measures 21.5 cms x 13 cms. On its cover the sketch-book bears a version of the arms of the Board of Ordnance - three field pieces, three canon balls, mural crown, and flags. It contains various scenes around Aberdour and Kinghorn in Fife, Comrie Castle, Aberdeen Cathedral (St. Machar), Elgin Cathedral, Jedburgh, Dryburgh and Kelso Abbeys, Loch Leven Castle and Holyrood Chapel, though it also contains sketches of grander classical buildings, features and avenues...

Dates: 1800-1880

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Scotch Blackface Ram, "Old Glenglas", Ewe and Her Lamb by Him, 1870s-1930s

Item

Identifier: Coll-1434/2373

Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Scotch Blackface ram, "Old Glenglas" at 17 years old, and ewe at 14 years old with her lamb by him standing in a sheep pen in the early/mid 20th century. They were bred by John Craig, Burnfoot, Sanquahr, Scotland.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Scotland: duplicate copy of orographical map with annotations, c. 1910, c 1910

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/1/7

Scope and Contents

Copy of Coll-1167/B/1/6 Scotland Orographical Map. Circles drawn in ink over map to indicate cities and towns in Scotland.. Top fixed to roller; spaced holes framed in brass rings on all margins.

Dates: c 1910

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / General and geographical

Scotland: orographical map, c. 1910, c 1910

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/1/6

Scope and Contents

Reduced from Ordnance Survey by J.G.Bartholomew LLD, Cartographer to the King. Undated. Large rolled map with bevelled slats at top and bottom, hanging cord at top.

Dates: c 1910

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / General and geographical

Scotland: partial map showing from Inverness south to Angus, c 1914

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/1/10

Scope and Contents

From (top margin) Inverness (Glenelg Bay) to Angus (Berryhill, north of Montrose). Published by John Bartholomew & Son., Edinburgh Geographical Institute Top fixed to roller; spaced holes, framed in brass rings, on all margins.

Dates: c 1914

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / General and geographical

Scottish Highland and Clan Life depicted in postcards, c 1930

sub-sub-series

Identifier: Coll-1167/C/3

Scope and Contents

A series of postcards reflecting R. R. McIan's paintings of Scottish Highland life and clans.

Dates: c 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland

Scottish Kings and Queens, 1906-c 1914

sub-series

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/7

Scope and Contents

5 items related to Scottish Kings and Queens that were exhibited together (or smaller reproductions were sometimes used for exhibition purposes) in Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

Dates: 1906-c 1914