Content Description 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...

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An engraving showing three scenes of Elgin, Elgin Cathedral and Inverness. Part of a set by Dutch mapmaker and publisher, Pierre van der Aa. Duplicate - see original Coll-1167/C/1/13.