Subject: Monuments and Memorials / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5367
Title:: Tomb of Iltutmish, builder of the Qutb, Delhi.
Scope & Content:: Tomb of Iltutmush, Delhi. Inscribed: ‘Painting by a native artist of the tomb of Sultan Shams-ud-Deen Iltamsh.’ 18.3 by 28.7 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1850s
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.43.i.7(26)
Title:: The Interior of the Abbey, Holyrood. Photographer: Diamond, Hugh Welch
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards wall memorials in the ruined abbey. Technical note: 'Taken by the calotype process, August, 1854, weather dull and cloudy; exposure six minutes. Lens by Ross; focal length twelve inches; diameter two and a half inches; diaphragm five-eighths...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1854
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.44.h.5, 4(1562)
Title:: Part of pedestal to monument of Frederic William III. Drake [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:: Close view of plaster pedestal, carved with figures in relief, by F. Drake of Berlin, displayed at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1851
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.128.k.10(2)
Title:: 2. Grayfriars, Edinburgh. Edmonstone's Tomb [Dennistoun Monument]. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Arched top. Mounted on titlepage. View of the tomb, with a man and two young women (David Octavius Hill and his nieces the misses Watson) posed in front. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edinburgh 48.']
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1843-1847
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.128.k.10(75)
Title:: Edmonstone's Tomb [Dennistoun Monument], Grayfriars, Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Group of four figures posed in front of the monument: David Octavius Hill stands on the left, his nieces the Misses Watson are seated on the ledge in front of the monument, and an unknown man stands on the right. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edinburgh 47,' known a...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1843-1847
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.128.k.10(78)
Title:: Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across Prince's Street towards the Scott Monument, with Edinburgh Castle on the skyline beyond. The monument is here seen completed, although the statue has not yet been placed. A group of four youths stands in the foreground. Possibly taken on 2 May ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.128.k.10(79)
Title:: The Martyr's Tomb, etc., Grayfriars — Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the Martyr's Memorial and the McCulloch Monument, with a couple (possibly David Octavius Hill and Miss Watson) in conversation in the foreground. She is seated with her back to the camera, he leans over her addressing her. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edin...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1843-1847
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/5/2/4
Title:: Ancient Monument Axim
Scope & Content:: File, 7 pages. Handwritten, draft and notes concerning Ancient Monument Axim. Condition: Slight insect damage, mishandling catalyzed by moisture staining part of the document. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: Late 19th century-Early 21st century
Extent:: 7 TIFF images

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