Lot 57

Manuscript estate plan - Brucefield, [Dunfermline, Fife] - the property of Erskine Beveridge Esq.

£360

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography

Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT

Description

Signed John Sang, c.98x66cm, hand-coloured, dated Sept. 1859, laid-down onto linen, some soiling and slight dampstaining, a little wear to paper where creased

Footnote

Note: Erskine Beveridge (1803-1864), father of the Scottish historian and antiquary of the same name (author of North Uist: Its Archaeology and Topography, 1911), founded Erskine Beveridge and Co. Ltd. in 1832. The business became the largest linen manufacturer in Dunfermline and was to expand into North America in the early part of the 20th century. The architect, civil engineer and surveyor, John Sang (1809-1887), also hailed from Fife, although one of his major contracts involved working on the York to Peterborough railway. The Dictionary of Scottish Architects also records Sang working in Inverness and Skye.

Manuscript estate plan - Brucefield, [Dunfermline, Fife] - the property of Erskine Beveridge Esq.