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Album of topographical views and figure studies of a tour in Scotland and England, of Revd. George Ernest Howman. Places visited in Scotland include Bridge of Fyers, Blair Atholl, Killicrankie, Dunkeld, Killin, Callendar, the Trossachs, Stirling, Dunblane, Scone Palace, Perth, Castle Huntly, Dundee, Leuchars, St Andrews, Loch Leven, Linlithgow, Craigmillar Castle, Roslin Chapel and Melrose.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13197
Scope and Contents
Single volume with 16 drawings loosely enclosed.ff.1-58 Tour of Scotland and return through England, 1820f.1 Bridge of Fyers from above the Upper Fall, Augt. 17 f.2 Lower Fall of the Bruar near Blair Athol, Augt. 21f.3 In the Pass of Killiekrankie, Augt. 22f.4 Cottage near Fascalie Augt. 22 f.5 Vale of the Tay. Looking towards Dunkeld. Birnham Hill in ye distance Augt. 22f.6 The two Parent Larches. Dunkeld....
Dates:
1820-1826.
Journal of A Coaching Tour in Scotland.
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Identifier: Acc.13707
Scope and Contents
In August 1893, Madeline Halkett, together with her father Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, her cousin Alice Hill and uncle Colonel Francis Hill from Dover, set out by carriage from Pitfirrane House for a week`s tour to the Trossachs. Their route took them from Bridge of Allan to Dunblane, Callander, Aberfoyle, Loch Katrine and the Lake of Menteith. The journal is written humorously in verse and delightfully illustrated with drawings of the party, their carriage, grooms and horses as...
Dates:
1893
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13639
Scope and Contents
The author of this illustrated journal lived at Bedford Villa, Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, and was probably Ada Margaret Leech, wife of Charles Octavius Harvey, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Bristol.The writer and `Charles` travelled from Bristol to Melrose by train and visited Abbotsford, Melrose Abbey and Dryburgh Abbey before leaving for Edinburgh. Queen Victoria had recently been in Edinburgh and there are numerous pasted in printed drawings of scenes of her visit. The...
Dates:
1886