Period: 18th century / Associated Places: Scotland - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Bothwell Castle, from the South

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 24 7/8 inches (44.5 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 5/8 inches (30.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 24 3/4 inches (43.2 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.4 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. William Robertson, D.D.

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (50.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; 2nd published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (34.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Journalist, with a view of Auchinleck or the Land of Stones

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1786
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

13. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Medallions of F. Hutcheson and L. Natter

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 7/16 inches (36.9 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden

Creator:: Print made by William Byrne, 1743–1805
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 15/16 inches (27.5 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lord Hopetoun's Lead Mines

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches (12.4 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. The Battle of Culloden, near Inverness in Scotland...

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 × 10 3/4 inches (17.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. West View of the City of Edinburgh

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Palace of Falkland

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Prospect of their Majesties Castle of Sterling

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Prospect of the Town of St. Andrews

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Prospect of the Town of Dumblane

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 3/4in. (26.7 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Donotter Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 x 17in. (26.7 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Prospect of ye Town of Perth

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 x 17in. (26.7 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Castle of Dumbritton from Kilpatrick

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 x 17in. (26.7 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 3/4 x 16 3/4in. (27.3 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Prospect of the Town of Dunkeld

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 3/4 x 17in. (27.3 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Argile House

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 3/4 x 17in. (29.8 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/4 x 16 1/4in. (26 x 41.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Distant View of Jedburgh

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/16 inches (16.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. River Forth with the Town and Castle of Stirling in the Distance

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown, gray, and yellow wash over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (13.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Manwaring

37. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (16.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 18 9/16 inches (28.4 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Ground Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 9/16 inches (28.6 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Attic Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and pen and black and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 18 9/16 inches (28.3 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Chamber Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and pen and black and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 5/8 inches (28.6 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: North North West Elevation

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 9/16 inches (28.6 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (28.6 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: South South East Elevation

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (28.3 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (16.8 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Findlater Castle, Banff

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 x 11 11/16 inches (24.8 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches (21.7 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Dumbarton Rock and Castle

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 13/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Melville Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Glasgow Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1794 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen in brown and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 9/16 inches (21.9 x 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

53. Jedburgh Abbey from the South East

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches (39.4 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Invergarry Castle, Loch Oich, Scottish Highlands

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.9 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Loch Oich

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 inches (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Kelso Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 inches (17.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 inches (18.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Brechin Cathedral and round tower, Forfarshire, Scotland

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 inches (10.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (30.8 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Pass of Killiecrankie

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 17 1/8 inches (30.5 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (27.3 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. An Abyssinian Breakfast

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and sitpple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.4 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/16 inches (22.9 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. James Forbes archive.

Creator:: Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Physical Description:: 75 linear feet (22 volumes)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Taylor & Skinner's Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland / George Taylor, Andrew Skinner.

Creator:: Taylor, George (Geographer), active 1778
Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([3], 61 p., 1 folded leaf of plates) : 62 maps ; 22 x 53 cm. folded to 22 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The genealogy of the lairds of Ednem and Duntreth , from the year 1063 to the year 1699.

Date:: MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
Physical Description:: 15 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1789
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, esq. containing some poetical pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the tour, and never before published; a series of his conversation, literary anecdotes, and opinions of men and books: with an authentick account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II. in the year 1746 ...

Creator:: Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 524 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. A companion and useful guide to the beauties of Scotland, to the lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, and to the curiosities in the district of Craven, in the West Riding of Yorkshire : to which is added, a more particular description of Scotland, especially that part of it called the Highlands / by the Hon. Mrs. Murray ...

Creator:: Murray, Sarah, 1744–1811
Date:: 1799-1805
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. The British compendium, or, Rudiments of honour : containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their kings for above 2000 years : also, the titles, descents, marriages, intermarriages, issue, posts, and seats of all the Scottish nobility, with their robes and arms ... : together with an account of the Knights of the Thistle and Nova Scotia, the regalia and arms of Scotland, and the riding of Parliaments.

Creator:: Nichols, Francis, 18th cent
Date:: 1729
Physical Description:: vii, [92], 520 [i.e. 490], [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., coats of arms, map ; 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A catalogue of several libraries lately purchased, containing a large collection of valuable and useful books in most branches of learning : and a neat collection of prints, drawing, pictures, &c. &c. : which will be sold at the Ware-Room Carrubber's Close, on Monday the 15th September 1777, at the prices printed in the catalogue : ... catalogues may be had at the Ware-Room, which will always be open from ten in the morning to six in the evening, also at Mr. Gordon's Shop, Parliament Square : orders addressed to Robert Murray at either of the above places will be punctually attended to ...

Date:: printed in the year 1777
Physical Description:: [4], 120 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Thirty-six views in Scotland, chiefly from drawings by J. C. esq. With descriptions.

Creator:: J. C
Date:: 1791
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 12 p. 36 plates. 20 x 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The antiquities of Scotland / by Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S.

Creator:: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCI [1789-1791]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Picturesque antiquities of Scotland / etched by Adam De Cardonnel.

Creator:: Cardonnel, Adam de, d. 1820
Date:: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788, i.e. 1798?]
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 27, [1], [3]-11, [1], [4], [iii]-iv, [101] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. A letter to the people of Scotland on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union : and introduce a most pernicious innovation, by diminishing the number of the lords of Session / by James Boswell.

Creator:: Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: 107 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. The country in full cry, after poachers and hunters of various denominations : more particularly, insolent common-huntsmen ... take illegal and illiberal liberties upon the real landed-gentlemens grounds and inclosures : in a series of letters printed in the Edinburgh advertisers, No. 233, 236, 237, 238, 240, 245 ...

Date:: 1766
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Gezichten der steeden, gebouwen en andere aanmerkelyke zaaken van Schotland en Yrland : in 64. zeer naauwkeurige Prenten afgebeeld.

Creator:: Tielenburg, Gerrit
Date:: [ca. 1710]
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1 : all ill. ; 19 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. A letter to the people of Scotland, on the present state of the nation / by James Boswell ...

Creator:: Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:: 1783
Physical Description:: 43 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo).
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The traveller's guide to Lochlomond, and its environs : illustrated with a map / by Charles Ross.

Creator:: Ross, Charles
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: 111 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. A guide from Glasgow to some of the most remarkable scenes in the Highlands of Scotland, and to the falls of the Clyde / by James M'Nayr ...

Creator:: M'Nayr, James
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: 249, 6 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The history of Scotland : during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till his accession to the Crown of England, with a review of the Scottish history previous to that period and an appendix containing original papers / by William Robertson.

Creator:: Robertson, William, 1721–1793
Date:: 1759
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads of Scotland / by Daniel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1781
Physical Description:: ii p., 32 columns ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain : particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Remarkable ruins, and romantic prospects, of North Britain : with ancient monuments and singular subjects of natural history / by the Rev. Charles Cordiner ; the engravings by Peter Mazell.

Creator:: Cordiner, Charles, 1746?-1794
Date:: 1788-1795
Physical Description:: vi, [209] p., [99] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A new geographical game exhibiting a complete tour through Scotland and the Western Isles / Neele Sc.

Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 52 x 41 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Prospects and observations on a tour in England and Scotland : natural, œconomical, and literary / by Thomas Newte ...

Creator:: Thomson, William, 1746–1817
Date:: 1791
Physical Description:: viii, 440 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. [Views in Scotland].

Creator:: Ashmore
Date:: Decr. 1793
Physical Description:: [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Account of the institution and progress of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, by William Smellie.

Creator:: Smellie, William, 1740–1795
Date:: 1782-84
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1. 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Vûës des villes, edifices & autres choses remarquables de l'Escosse & d'Irlande : representées en tailles-douces tres exactes, avec une courte description sous chaque figure. Divisées en deux tomes.

Date:: [ca. 1700]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 20 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The gentle shepherd, : a pastoral comedy; / by Allan Ramsay.

Creator:: Ramsay, Allan, 1686–1758
Date:: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:: 4 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 111 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 17 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 18 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, music ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The additions to the quarto edition of the tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX : and the new appendix : reprinted for the accomodation of the purchasers of the first and second editions.

Creator:: Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:: 1774
Physical Description:: [2], viii, 172 p., [31] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. Dedicated to the connoisseurs : six views near Edinburgh / drawn from nature and etched by John Westgarth.

Creator:: Westgarth, John
Date:: [1796?]
Physical Description:: [7] leaves : all ill. ; 26 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1775
Physical Description:: [4], 384 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland [cartographic material] / with an introduction by R.V. Tooley and 115 maps of which 5 are coloured and Blaeu's title pages in colour.

Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland [cartographic material] / with an introduction by R.V. Tooley and 115 maps of which 5 are coloured and Blaeu's title pages in colour.

Creator:: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Date:: [1970]
Physical Description:: 16 p., 230 plates : 2 col. illus., coats of arms, maps. ; 54 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

97. Observations on the Highlands of Scotland / by William Gilpin.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1973
Physical Description:: 462 p. in various pagings, [39] leaves : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

2. Bothwell Castle, from the South

3. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

4. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

5. Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire

6. Edinburgh

7. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

8. Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)

9. William Robertson, D.D.

10. Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire

11. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

12. The Journalist, with a view of Auchinleck or the Land of Stones

13. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

14. Medallions of F. Hutcheson and L. Natter

15. Hamlet in Scotland

16. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

17. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

18. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden

19. Lord Hopetoun's Lead Mines

20. The Battle of Culloden, near Inverness in Scotland...

21. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

22. West View of the City of Edinburgh

23. Palace of Falkland

24. The Prospect of their Majesties Castle of Sterling

25. The Prospect of the Town of St. Andrews

26. The Prospect of the Town of Dumblane

27. Donotter Castle

28. The Prospect of ye Town of Perth

29. The Castle of Dumbritton from Kilpatrick

30. The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee

31. The Prospect of the Town of Dunkeld

32. The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle

33. Argile House

34. The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore

35. Distant View of Jedburgh

36. River Forth with the Town and Castle of Stirling in the Distance

37. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

38. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

39. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Ground Floor Plan

40. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Attic Floor Plan

41. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Chamber Floor Plan

42. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: North North West Elevation

43. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

44. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: South South East Elevation

45. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

46. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

47. Findlater Castle, Banff

48. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

49. Dumbarton Rock and Castle

50. Melville Castle, Midlothian

51. Glasgow Cathedral

52. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

53. Jedburgh Abbey from the South East

54. Invergarry Castle, Loch Oich, Scottish Highlands

55. Loch Oich

56. Kelso Abbey, Scotland

57. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

58. Brechin Cathedral and round tower, Forfarshire, Scotland

59. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

60. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

61. The Pass of Killiecrankie

62. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

63. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

64. An Abyssinian Breakfast

65. Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland

66. James Forbes archive.

67. Taylor & Skinner's Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland / George Taylor, Andrew Skinner.

68. The genealogy of the lairds of Ednem and Duntreth , from the year 1063 to the year 1699.

69. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

74. Thirty-six views in Scotland, chiefly from drawings by J. C. esq. With descriptions.

75. The antiquities of Scotland / by Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S.

76. Picturesque antiquities of Scotland / etched by Adam De Cardonnel.

77. A letter to the people of Scotland on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union : and introduce a most pernicious innovation, by diminishing the number of the lords of Session / by James Boswell.

79. Gezichten der steeden, gebouwen en andere aanmerkelyke zaaken van Schotland en Yrland : in 64. zeer naauwkeurige Prenten afgebeeld.