Tour of Scotland, &c.

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21691B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006919757
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1847
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • iii, 116 ff. ; 195 x 130 mm.
      Half-leather and marbled paper over boards, with single gold fillets.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Journal of a tour of Scotland and parts of England, 20 July-20 August 1847, by Thomas Letts, travelling with his wife Emma. The volume includes thirty-four full-page illustrations in pencil, watercolour and wash, some original and some derivative.
The journal begins with brief tours of Derbyshire and the Peak District (ff. 2-9) and the Lake District (ff. 9 verso-21). In Scotland they travelled from Gretna Green (f. 21 verso) to Glasgow (ff. 28 verso, 31 recto-verso, 33) and Loch Lomond (f. 35), as far west as Loch Awe (f. 42), north to Killiekranckie (f. 55), back through the Trossachs (ff. 67 verso-71), then to Stirling (ff. 72-75) and Edinburgh (ff. 76 verso-84). They returned to London through the Scottish Borders (ff. 83 verso-96 verso) and parts of eastern England, including Lincoln (ff. 101-105). Also included in the volume are seven printed engravings, mostly of Lincoln (ff. 102-104, 106-108, 111).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21691B.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Joints cracked; covers worn; ff. 2-11, 97-108 loose.

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