McMillan Family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ireland sketchbook, 1843 - 1844
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000001047], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook contains a mixture of prints and sketches mostly of places in Ireland. One half of the book consists of pencil sketches and one watercolor by Mary MacMillan. Most of the engraving prints, including one of Edinburgh, Scotland, are by artist James Howard Burgess (J. H. Burgess). Also included are two newspaper cutouts not pasted, likely collected for the print art.
Dates:
1843 - 1844
MacMillan Albums
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0266
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three scrapbooks with contents compiled by Mary MacMillan and her son Charles MacMillan. The first contains scenes from a trip to Ireland, containing Mary MacMillan’s pencil sketches of scenes and prints of Ireland mostly by James Howard Burgess. The second contains poetry and calligraphy from Mary MacMillan and others as well as collections of dried and pressed marine marine algae or seaweed, watercolors sketches and cartoons. The third consists of mica...
Dates:
Inclusive 1843-1851
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- Calligraphy 1
- Company painting 1
- Engraving, British 1
- Mica 1
- Mica Painting 1