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The journal describes a visit to Scotland in the autumn of 1819 made by Elizabeth Susannah Graham and her daughter Eliza Maria Graham. The tour includes lively descriptions of visits to New Lanark, Glasgow, a steam boat trip on Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, the Caledonian Canal, Inverary, Staffa and Oban. The tour ends with a visit to Edinburgh and the journal includes descriptions of pictures viewed at the premises of Alexander Nasmyith and Henry Raeburn.

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The photographs are largely views, particularly of mountains and seascapes. They were probably taken on a series of hostelling holidays in Scotland by train. Many of the photographs are taken from the train on the journey from Mallaig to Fort William.

Scope and Contents Julius Jacob the Elder (1811-1882) was a German Jewish artist born in Berlin who lived in London between 1844 and 1855. He is known both for his landscapes and society portraits.The sketchbook contains more than 150 pencil sketches of a tour in Scotland from August 1846 to February 1847. Almost all the sketches are dated and identifed. The earliest sketch is of the Isle of Arran. He then moved on to Greenock, Loch Long, Loch Lomond, Inverary, Loch Awe, Fingal`s Cave and Staffa,...

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Sketchbook of water-colour and pencil drawings of scenes in Scotland, England and Wales of Hannah Stuart. Places depicted include Goodrich Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Mount Stuart, Rothesay Bay, Loch Lomond, Inversnaid, Inverary, Kenilworth Castle, Culzean Castle, Dalquharran and Taymouth Castle

Scope and Contents Locations include: Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, the Clyde canal, the English Lakes, via Hawick and Langholm and the Highlands.Account of 1785 tour to Edinburgh and around Glasgow begins at Berwick. The author travels with Mr Heron. Account of 1786 tour of the English Lakes accompanied by Mr Heron, Mr Ruddock and Mr Wilson, begins at Berwick.Account of the 1788 tour to the Highlands begins at Alnwick. The author travels to Edinburgh where he...

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64 watercolours, mainly landscapes, painted on tours of Scotland (1871) and North Wales (1876). Also 16 small watercolours of Charles Philips Trevelyn. Mary Frances Wicksteed was governess to the Philips and Trevelyan families.