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Letter from Joseph Michael Gandy to John Britton concerning the heraldic seal of Sir William St Clare
AL 39/2
Description Letter from Joseph Michael Gandy to John Britton concerning the heraldic seal of Sir William St Clare
Date 17/12/1806
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number AL 39/2
Category Manuscripts
Copies SC 2573944, SC 2573945
Scope and Content Letter drawing comparison between the seal of Sir William St Clare, 6th Baron of Roslin, as depicted in Astle Thomas’ ‘An Account of the Seals of the Kings, Royal Boroughs, and Magnates of Scotland’, London 1792, with the legend of William St Clare’s seal as seen in the south cornice of Rosslyn Chapel. Includes an excerpt from Astle’s text outlining the history of the Scottish Sinclair family. Gandy further comments on John Slezer’s engravings of the chapel as being the “most correct” and describes three of his own drawings enclosed with the letter. The original sketch of the “poetical view” referenced by Gandy can be found in the Joseph Michael Gandy Sketchbook within the collections of the Sir John Soane’s Museum.
Accession Number 2021/8
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