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Record Id:

032-003442596

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032-003442596

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Add MS 6392

Title:

Papers and letters relating to portraits in many of the capital mansions of Scotland

Scope & Content:

A volume in folio (128 folios), containing papers and letters relative to the portraits in many of the capital Mansion Houses in Scotland, ranged alphabetically, without regarding the counties, viz.

1. Memorandum of a portrait of Janet Cunningham, wife of Sir Archibald Primrose, at Abergeldy house, Aberdeenshire, 1796. (folio 1)

2. Portraits at Airth House, the seat of Mr. Graham, Stirlingshire, 1797. (folio 2)

3. Portraits at the Tower of Alloa, belonging to Mr. Erskine of Mar, 1797. (folio 3)

4. Portraits at Amisfield, Haddingtonshire [East Lothian], the seat of the Earl of Wemyss, 1796. (folios 5, 6)

5. Portraits at Sir William Sterling’s, Baronet of Ardoch, 1797. (folio 7)

6. Portraits in Athol House, and Dunkeld House, belonging to the Duke of Athol, 1797. (folio 9)

7. Letter from R. S. Philip to Sir William Musgrave, with particulars respecting the portraits of the Earl of Belcarres’s, Edinburgh. Dated Edinburgh, 10 July 1798. (folio 10)

8. List of portraits belonging to the Earl of Belcarres. (folio 12)

9. Portraits at Balindean House, Angus, the seat of Sir John Wedderburn, 1796. (folio 15)

10. Portraits at Barnbough Castle, Linlithgowshire [West Lothian], Earl of Roseberry’s, 1796. (folio 16)

11. Portraits in Cadross House, near Sterling, the seat of James Erskine esquire, 1796. (folio 18)

12. Portraits at Cragiehall, Linlithgowshire [West Lothian], and Blackwood Lanarkshire, belonging to William Hope Weir esquire, 1796. (folios 19, 22)

13. Portraits at Drumsheugh, Edinburgh, belonging to James Erskine, Lord Alva, 1796. (folio 23)

14. Portraits at Dryden House, near Edinburgh, Mr. Lockhart’s, 1798. (folio 27)

15. Portraits at Duddongton Castle, near L. Queensferry, belonging to David Dundas esquire, 1798. (folio 28)

16. Portraits in Duff house, Banffshire, the seat of the Earl of Fife, 1797. (folio 29)

17. Portraits at Dundas Castle. (folios 40)

18. Portraits at Dupplin Castle, 1798. (folio 41b)

19. Portraits at Lady Mary Irvine’s House in Edinburgh, in the handwriting of the possessor when 82 years of age, 1796. (folio 54)

20. Letter from the Earl of Galloway to Sir William Musgrave, concerning portraits in his possession. Dated 20 September 1796. (folio 55)

21. Portraits in Glammis Castle, the seat of the Earl of Strathmore, accompanied by a letter from James Lyon to Captain Laurence Brown, 1798. (folio 57)

22. Letter from James Hay to Richard E. Philips esquire relative to some portraits in Gordon Castle. Dated 24 December 1796. (folio 59)

23. List of portraits at Gordon Castle, 1796. (folio 61)

24. Portraits in Hamilton Palace, copied from a list dated 4 September 1793. (folio 64)

25. Portraits at Hopetoun House, Linlithgowshire [West Lothian], the seat of the Earl of Hopetoun, 1796. (folio 68)

26. Portraits in Innes House, Moray, the seat of the Earl of Fife, 1796. (folio 70)

27. Portraits in Lennox House and Erskine House, seats of Lord Blantyre, 1798, drawn up by R. E. Philips. (folio 72)

28. Portraits at Leslie House, Fife, belonging to the Countess of Rothes, 1796. (folio 73)

29. Portraits at Melvill House, the seat of the Earl of Leven, 1796. (folio 77)

30. Portraits in the possession of the Honourable Charles Napier esquire of Merchiston Hall, Sterlingshire, 1797. (folio 80)

31. Portraits at Mountstuart in the Island of Bute, belonging to the Marquis of Bute, 1798. (folio 81)

32. Portraits in Newbattle House, the seat of the Marquis of Lothian. (folio 83)

33. Portraits in Panmure House, belonging to Mr. Maule, 1798. (folio 98)

34. Note of a portrait of Sir William Dick of Braid, Baronet, 1636 at Prestonfield near Edinburgh, 1796. (folio 100)

35. Portraits at Ravelstoun, Edinburghshire [Mid Lothian], the seat of Alexander Keith of Ravelstoun, 1796. (folio 101)

36. Portraits in Rothiemay House, belonging to the Earl of Fife, 1796. (folio 103)

37. Portraits in Somerville House, belonging to Lord Somerville, 1796. (folio 105)

38. Portraits at Taymouth Castle, the seat of the Earl of Bredalbane, 1796. (folio 107)

39. Portraits at Tynninghame, in East Lothian, the seat of the Earl of Haddington, 1796. (folio 111)

40. Portraits at Wilton Lorde, Lord Napiers, 1798. (folio 113)

41. List of portraits at Woodhouselee, Edinburghshire [Mid Lothian], belonging to Alexander Fraser Tytler esquire, drawn up by the possessor. (folio 115)

42. Catalogue of some of the works of George Jamieson, painter, with some account of his life and posterity, 1797. (folios 119-124)

43. Printed sheets from Pinkerstons Portraits of illustrious persons of Scotland. (folios 125-128)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-003442596

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (128 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1793

End Date:

1798

Date Range:

1793-1798

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Custodial History:

Part of the bequest of Sir William Musgrave, Baronet

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically, without regarding the counties

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.