Projects

[0860] Hutton Drawings

A selection of plans and drawings held by the National Library of Scotland made by and for Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton, in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

Keywords: George Hutton, Scotland, drawing

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Lothian

[0859] Theatre Playbills (1807-1851 )

A selection of playbills relating to Edinburgh's Theatre Royal, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland. These were used to advertise performances and events at the theatre, including plays based on novels by Walter Scott, musicals, lectures and comic sketches.

Keywords: Scotland, theatre, Edinburgh

Location of Project Material: Lothian

[0857] Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans (1847 - 95)

Between 1847 and 1895, the Ordnance Survey mapped some 56 Scottish towns at the most detailed scales in their entire history. The resulting maps, at scales of 1:1,056 and 1:500, are not only a comprehensive snapshot of urban Scotland, but also a rich information resource on the history and geography of all the larger populated places in Scotland.

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Lothian

[0856] Digitisation of Maps, Plans and Works of Art

The digitisation of maps, plans and artwork held by the Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum Trust, primarily from their Morison and Mar and John Neil Dyce collections.

Keywords: Morison and Mar, John Neil Dyce

Location of Project Material: Strathclyde

[0854] The Wotherspoon Collection

A selection of images from shipping enthusiast James Wotherspoon's 41-volume pictorial record "In The Track Of The Comet", chronicling the development of shipping and shipbuilding on the Clyde, the West Coast and the Channel, from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Keywords: Shipbuilding, engineering, photography, Clyde

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland, Strathclyde

[0853] Queen's Park Church Exterior

This project uses photographs and computer modelling to explore and re-create Alexander Greek Thomson's lost masterpiece: Queen's Park United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow, which was destroyed by a German bomb during World War II.

Keywords: Alexander Greek Thomson, Queens Park Church

Location of Project Material: Strathclyde