| Ref No | SANT/BEQ/2 |
| Title | ROBERT BLAIR COLLECTION |
| Description | The collection comprises 27 volumes of notebooks of the travels and observations of Robert Blair around the country and further afield. They include watercolours of Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland, pencil sketches of Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland and Roman artefacts. There are also very fine architectural details of buildings such as Alnwick Abbey. [ The volumes have many unique pencil sketches within them. They may relate to many views and buildings that no longer exist]. Volume 21 also includes photographs and pressed flowers. |
| Date | 1876-1913 |
| Subject | WRITERS & ARTISTS |
| TRAVEL |
| ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Related Material | See copies of Archaeologia Aeliana for his articles and drawings.
The University of Durham has manuscript papers and printed books in the Archives and Special Collections Department. South Shields holds a book compiled by Blair on the excavations of the Roman Station at the Lawe, South Shields. |
| Physical Description | The quality of the papers vary, there are also loose items within the volumes. |
| Format | Volume |
| Repository | Northumberland County Archives Service |