RA Collection: People and Organisations
"The company began making candles, founded by William Waterston in 1752. In 1828 the company began making stationary and then went to printing in 1865. The company was run under the name Waterston & Son from 1831 onward. Their address was 52 George St in Edinburgh where they were until closing their doors in 2003. Records of the company and family are now held at the National Library of Scotland." [Source: British Museum website].
For more information see: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Waterston_and_Sons
Traded as George Waterston, Sons & Stewart betwen 1869 and 1879.
After Unidentified artist
Old shoe of unknown provenance, 1886
Chromolithograph
After Unidentified artist
Large buckled shoe worn in the reign of Queen Anne, 1886
Chromolithograph
After Unidentified artist
Mrs Brown's Shoe, 1886
Chromolithograph
After Unidentified artist
Countess of Portsmouth's Shoe, 1886
Chromolithograph
Thomas Watson Greig
Ladies' Old-Fashioned Shoes By T. Watson Greig Of Glencarse A Vice-President of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perthshire, &c., &c. With Eleven Illustrations from Originals in his Collection - Edinburgh: 1885
06/814
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
The Turks in MDXXXIII / a series of drawings made in that year at Constantinople by Peter Coeck of Aelst ; and published from woodblocks by his widow, at Antwerp in MDLIII ; reproduced with other illustrations, in fac-simile, with and introduction by Sir William Stirling Maxwell - London & Edinburgh: 1873
12/2558
James Alexander Arnott
The Petit Trianon, Versailles : illustrated by a series of measured drawings and photographs of the entire building, exterior and interior; including a large selection of the furniture, and various details of iron work and brass work, together with a historical account of the palace, and descriptive letterpress / by James A. Arnott and John Wilson - London: 1907-1908
15/2226
Nicolas Hogenberg
The procession of Pope Clement VII. and the Emperor Charles V. after the coronation at Bologna on the 24th February MD.XXX. / Designed and engraved by Nicolas Hogenberg and now reproduced in facsimile with an historical introduction by Sir William Stirling Maxwell, baronet. - Edinburgh: [1875]
12/2521