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Bi-fold Christmas card, with a blank front and back. Adhered to the inside on the right is a colour photograph with a caption written by George Sherriff. Left side has a pre-printed message. Betty Sherriff signed for both of them.

The photograph is in colour and features Rhododendron ludlowii, presumably taken by George Sherriff in the garden at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

printed text in bold

[INSIDE LEFT]
[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

Rhododendron

[INSIDE RIGHT]

To you all With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year
[signed] from George + Betty Sherriff

Ascreavie

Christmas card, folded in two with a blank front and back. Adhered to the inside on the right is a colour photograph with a caption. Left side has a pre-printed message.

The photograph is in colour and features Primula whitei, presumably taken by George Sherriff in the garden at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

printed text in bold

[INSIDE LEFT]
[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

Primula whitei

[INSIDE RIGHT]

To you all With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year
[signed] from George + Betty

Ascreavie, Kirriemuir

Christmas card, folded in two. Adhered to the front is a colour photograph with a caption. Inside has a handwritten message, written by George Sherriff.

The photograph is in colour and features Primula odontica, presumably taken by George Sherriff in the garden at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

[FRONT]
[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

Primula odontica

[INSIDE RIGHT]

with all good wishes
[signed] from George + Betty Sherriff

Two sided Christmas card with colour photograph adhered to the front with a caption. Reverse has printed image of holly & berries along side a pre-printed message.

The photograph is in colour and features Meconopsis integrifolia in front of the house at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

[FRONT]

[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

meconopsis integrifolia
at Ascreavie

[REVERSE]
[PRINTED TEXT]

All Good Wishes for Christmas
and the New Year
from
[signed] George + Betty Sherriff

Bi-fold Christmas card, with a blank front and back. Adhered to the inside on the right is a colour photograph with a caption written by George Sherriff. Left side has a pre-printed message. George Sherriff signed for both of them.

The photograph is in colour and features Lilium rubellum, presumably taken by George Sherriff in the garden at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

printed text in bold

[INSIDE LEFT]
[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

Lilium rubellum

[INSIDE RIGHT]

With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year
[signed] George + Betty

Ascreavie

Two sided Christmas card with colour photograph adhered to the front with a caption. Reverse has handwritten message written by George Sherriff.

The photograph is in colour and features Diapensia himalaica, presumably taken by George Sherriff in his garden at Ascreavie.

TRANSCRIPTION

[FRONT]
[COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH]

Diapensia himalaica.
Bhutan.

[REVERSE]

With all good wishes.
[signed] George + Betty Sherriff

Ascreavie
Xmas 52 [1952]

A black and white photograph, mounted on thick board with a metal hood fixed to the top (to hang like an ornament?) and a handwritten message on the back.

Not signed but the message is in Frank Ludlow's handwriting.

The photograph is in black and white and features a yak and a small Tibetan child. Presumably taken by Ludlow in 1936.

TRANSCRIPTION

[FRONT]
[Photograph]

[REVERSE]

Tibet 1936 [Photograph]
With all good wishes for Xmas
and the New Year

Printed, black and white, Christmas card on glossy paper. Message on one side only. Features a photograph, presumably taken by Frank Ludlow and a message below with printed image of holly and berries to the right.

The photograph is in black and white and features Namcha Barwa [Namchabarwa] (SE Tibet) at 25445 ft.

TRANSCRIPTION

[Photograph]

NAMCHA BARWA 25445 FT
S.E. TIBET

Merry
Christmas
[SIGNED] F. Ludlow

•Collection of photographs, glass plate negatives and lantern slides [to be arranged] (includes 2 photos taken by Roland Edgar Cooper, and one by A.W. Borthwick)

This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of F. Ludlow and G. Sherriff, thought their expeditions of Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

The collection consists of 5 sub-series: plant documents, expedition documents, diaries, correspondence and visual material.

[1] This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

[2] This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

[3] This series consists of originals and photocopies of the diaries of Sherriff and Ludlow during their expeditions.

[4] This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to Sherriff and Ludlow over the course of their expeditions.

[5] This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.