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Thomas Blaikie collection
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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

Photograph of a clock belonging to Blaikie's family

One colour photograph of a clock, standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Notes on the back state it is a clock belonging to Blaikie's family. Image 55 in P. Taylor's book is of an identical clock, labelled as a gift from Louis XVI to Thomas Blaikie. (Box 3)

Unknown

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

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

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