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Copy of a watercolour painting of the view of the Edinburgh skyline from the garden / lawn of Inverleith House, sketched and painted by Isaac Bayley 'Bay' Balfour, Regius Keeper Isaac Bayley Balfour's son in aroun 1912. The copy was made for Peronelle Windeyer, Isaac Bayley Balfour's great-granddaughter after the original had been cleaned and conserved. The original is in possession of her brother. The annotation on the back of the original has also been copied - it was made by Agnes Balfour, Bay's mother and says 'The view from the foot of the garden at Inverleith House- sketched and painted by Bay Balfour around 1912'. Bay lost his life at Gallipoli in June 1915; (right click, open link in new tab: ) https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16015
Monograph; letter dated 10th June 1908 at Aviemore, from R Ellis to Prof Chieni regarding 'Mr Neill's papers'. The correspondence seems to relate to Prof. Balfour's attempt to collect all papers related to former Regius Keepers at RBGE
Album is attributed to Nigel Douglas McDouall of Logan and includes: East Africa Rift Valley: January-June 1909; 77 photographic prints, 33 watercolours and 5 pencil studies through the territories of the Uganda Protectorate (Uganda), Congo Free State (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the North Western corner of German East Africa (Rwanda) Angola: May-October 1904, 29 watercolours, 4 views from the Africa West Coast steamer with the remainder being landscapes, vegetation and portraits of local people in the south west highland area. Mediteranean views - 15 unlabelled watercolour views of the Mediterranean, probably Spain, including coastline views, highland scenes, a village scene and 2 views of roads through arid landscapes featuring local people.
•Scrapbook containing photographs and letters relating to the life and career of Ernest Frederick Gye, CGM, Foreign Office and diplomat, between 1903 and 1939. Photographs and letters.
•Capt. L.D. Fraser. ‘Military Report of Yun-Nan: Part III, Route Book’, Calcutta,1901. (Belonged to George Forrest so was stored with Forrest collection, but is now housed in the Rare Book Room)
