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Thomas Blaikie collection

  • GB 235 BLT
  • Collection
  • 1769 - 1890

The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises:

  • 3 notebooks including financial records, language studies and diaries;
  • 17 pieces of correspondence and handwritten notes;
  • a printed compendium of Swiss flora;
  • a copy of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress;
  • 4 prints of notable 18th century French figures; and
  • two photographs of items which belonged to Blaikie's family.

Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener

Thomas Blaikie images

Four engravings of notable French figures and two photographs of decorative items thought to belong to Blaikie and his family.

Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman

Thomas Blaikie accounts book 'Comptes Particulier de B'

One green vellum bound notebook containing accounts for customers arranged by surname. A number of pages have been removed. The earliest entry is January 1789 and latest is June 1822.

Contains a loose handwritten note compiled in 2003 detailing the missing pages and method of their removal and noting that it was faxed to Pat Taylor. (Box 2)

Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener

Print of Michel Gabriel Pacard

Portrait of Michel Gabriel Pacard in a circular frame; beneath is a ledge on which is an engraved plaque; beneath this is a picture with a view of Mont Blanc in a gold frame; foliage and pink ribbon decorate the structure.
Etching with hand-colouring. Source: British Museum collection, where copies of this portrait are also held. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308005&partId=1&searchText=Pacard&images=true&page=1
(Box 3)

Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman

Print of Jacque Balma

Portrait of Jacques Balmat wearing a navy jacket and purple waistcoat in a circular, ageing stone frame; beneath is an old ledge under which is a old, cracked, inscribed tablet supported by two wooden bars; an axe and a broken spear cross each other beneath the portrait; foliage grows around the whole structure. Source: British Museum collection, where additional copies are held. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308021&partId=1&searchText=Balma&page=1
(Box 3)

von Mechel, Christian

Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday

Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday entitled, 'Marie Anne Charlotte Corday, ci-devat Darmans Agée de 25 ans'. Portrait of Charlotte Corday, half-length, sitting at desk in her cell, holding a letter to her parents; in circle, with below a small figurative scene showing her assassinating Marat in his bath-tub. The portrait is in a black and gold painted wooden frame with a glass panel.
Another copy is held in the British Museum collection: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3599824&partId=1&searchText=Massol&page=1
(Box 4)

Massol

Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie

Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie noting latest developments in the relationship between France and England and requesting that money due to him be paid as soon as possible.

Lee, James, 1754-1824, gardener

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