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Collection of material relating to Hippolyte J Blanc, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland
551 26
Description Collection of material relating to Hippolyte J Blanc, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date c. 1871 to 1913
Collection Collection of material relating to Hippolyte J Blanc, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 26
Category All Other
Scope and Content A small collection comprising several accessions of material: nine sheets of dyeline prints of drawings by Blanc, for St Cuthberts Church, Edinburgh, 1891; perspective view of 'Larkfield', Trinity, Edinburgh by Blanc c1900; office drawings including several United Presbyterian Churches, as well as Jedburgh Parish Church, 1871, Woodend Free Church, 1885, Glencoats Hospital, Paisley, 1888, and Whitburgh House, 1913; a book of estimates for the building of Morningside Free Church by Blanc, 1892; a collection of glass slides believed to have come from Blanc’s office.
Archive History The first component (Acc No 1982/1) was transferred from the Scottish Development Department in 1982. The view of Larkfield (Acc No 1984/15) was purchased in 1984, and a body of drawings (Acc No 1991/60) in 1991. The glass slides (unaccessioned) were presented by Edinburgh Public Libraries. A book of estimates was acquired in 2008.
System of Arrangement The collection is arranged by accession.
Related Material For photographic copies of other material from the John Warren collection, from which Acc No 1991/60 derives, see Survey of Private Collections 262/31.
Accruals No further accruals are expected.
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