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Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.

551 249/257

Description Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden.

Date 1852 to 1880

Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 249/257

Category All Other

Scope and Content Plans, elevations and perspective views of mostly prehistoric and early ecclesiastical sites in Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Glenelg and Iona.

Archive History Most of the drawings were given by Sir Henry Dryden to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland during his lifetime.

Related Material The major part of Dryden's drawings of places elsewhere in Britain are in Northampton and have been digitised by VADS vads.ahds.ac.uk. There are 22 letters spanning 1843-1875 from Dryden to James O Halliwell in Edinburgh University Library Special Collections, J O Halliwell-Phillipps Collection, volumes of letters.

Accession Number 1975/12

External Reference SAS

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176556

Collection Hierarchy - Group Level

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
All Other 551 257/198 Plans of Western Isles monuments. c. 1870 Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 249/2/4 Plans of Orkney monuments. 1866 Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/193 Plans of Caithness & Sutherland monuments. Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/196 Churches, chapels & carved stones Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/191 Iona monuments. Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/192 Plans of Shetland monuments. 1855 Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/195 Plans of Glenelg monuments. Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/197 Non-Scottish sites. Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/199 Landscape views. 1877 Sub-Group Level
All Other 551 257/200 Plans of Kincardineshire stone circles. Sub-Group Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 005568 Digital copy of annotated plan by H Dryden in 1881 and taken from a description in PSAS 14, 1879-1880, p305. Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 150622 Front cover of SAS 170 'Orkney and Shetland Circles, broughs &c. Plans by H Dryden'. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 51982 Sketch plan of structures with measurements, in same folder as Dun Ban (DC 51981) but not obviously related. Unsigned and untitled. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 51995 Unfinished rough sketch drawing of arched entrance to leading to gatehouse of unidentified castle. Untitled, unsigned and undated. Folded. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 58706 List in SAS 170 'Orkney and Shetland Circles, broughs &c. Plans by H Dryden', titled 'Given to Edin Mus Nov 1879, Plans', p1. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 58707 List in SAS 170 'Orkney and Shetland Circles, broughs &c. Plans by H Dryden', titled 'Given to Edin Mus Nov 1879, Plans continued, measurements', p2. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 58708 List in SAS 170 'Orkney and Shetland Circles, broughs &c. Plans by H Dryden', titled 'Given to Edin Mus Nov 1879, Sketches, Notes', p3. Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 58709 Document in SAS 170 'Orkney and Shetland Circles, broughs &c. Plans by H Dryden', titled 'To facilitate the disposal of Plans xx now sent; List of Portfolios sent previously by me to Museum'. Item Level

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