This is an album used as a sketchbook and a common-place book from the mid-19th century to the 1930s, created and compiled by two Scottish women of the same family. The first contributor is Caroline Elizabeth Houstoun (1840-1926), who filled the volume with well-spaced studies of landscapes and buildings in coloured pencil, pastel, and some watercolour. Some noteworthy sites include Inverness from the Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Euston Station in London, and Saint-Germain in Paris. The identity of the second artist is less certain, but it probably is Caroline’s daughter Alice Caroline Anne Gemmell (1879-1951), who had an interest in socialites and cultural celebrity. This shows in her portrait studies of historical personages, literary personalities and royalty. She also enjoyed collage and glued in newspaper and other print cuttings.