Robert Steel Collection

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Collection includes a leather-bound sketchbook containing 26 pencil sketches of Scottish scenery (Edinburgh, Oban, Glasgow, and St. Andrews), 9 of which are loose. Also contains a daguerreotype of Steel by Norwal, Dunfermline & Alloa, and a set of negatives and 2 prints of each sketch. 

  1. Jamaica Bridge, Glasgow, 2 June 1856.
  2. A main street, 31 July 1858.
  3. St. Andrews (facing North), 13/14 July 1856.
  4. Street scene with carriages, 13 September 1856.
  5. Street scene (possibly Edinburgh), 4 June 1858.
  6. Overlooking Edinburgh.
  7. Dunoon waterfront, 26 March 1855.
  8. Oban waterfront, 23 July 1855.
  9. Street scene Glasgow, 2 June 1858.
  10. Boat building, 13 August 1852.
  11. Country fence.
  12. People on country road.
  13. Country road, town in distance, 24 July 1852.
  14. Country scene.
  15. Girl in trees by cottage, 16 July 1857.
  16. People in country, 18 July 1850.
  17. Trees, 30 August 1852.
  18. People on country road, 9 August 1852.
  19. Lake scene, 12 August 1852.
  20. Another lake scene, 9 August 1852.
  21. Country homes, 12 August 1852.
  22. Country scene, 2 August 1852.
  23. Country roadway, 25 August 1852.
  24. People on street, 6 September 1852.
  25. People walking in country, 9 August 1852.
  26. Another country scene, 13 October 1852. 

Dates

1850-1858

Types of Materials

  • Photographs
  • Unpublished Material and Manuscripts

Extent

Approximately 3 cm of textual and photographic material

How to Access This Resource

XS1 MS A010

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