Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Shepherd Sheep Dalguise Perthshire Scotland
Old photograph of a Shepherd and sheep in Dalguise, Perthshire, Scotland. Whilst staying at Dalguise, Beatrix Potter wrote a picture letter which provided the basis for her first book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Similarly, a later book The Tale of Jeremy Fisher also started life as a picture letter with characters clearly based on her study and exploration on the Dalguise beat of the River Tay. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle was published in 1905 and is almost certainly based on the Potters' old washer woman at Dalguise, Kitty MacDonald. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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