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Fifty-two small 'Etchings of Ancient Scotch Edifices', 1814, by miss Pigott who signs the first of them, written and etched in about 1814 by miss Pigott

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Shelfmark: MS. Pigott g. 22
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Each etching has a short English description beneath it: the whole being copied from Adam de Cardonnel's Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland (Lond. 1788). At fol. 30 is a description of the opening of Robert Bruce's grave at Dunfermline on Nov. 6, 1819.

Dates

  • Creation: written and etched in about 1814 by miss Pigott

Extent

74 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Pigott g. 22

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 23476

Dimensions

7 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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