Tour Scotland Photograph Statue Of Robert Burns Dumfries

Tour Scotland Photograph of the Robert Burns statue in Dumfries, Scotland. In May 1877 the town council of Dumfries adopted a proposal to erect a statue to Robert Burns, the town's most illustrious inhabitant. A site was chosen in Church Place, at the junction of the High Street, Castle Street and Buccleuch Street and the local historian William McDowall was appointed secretary of a committee formed to progress the project. The committee approved a model for the statue proposed by the artist Amelia Paton Hill. She had exhibited portrait busts, animal figures and genre groups at the Royal Academy, and all these elements are to be found in her statue of Burns, which is probably her best known work. The statue was carved in Carrara by Italian craftsmen working to Amelia Hill's model. It was unveiled by the Earl of Rosebery on 6th April 1882. In the century since it has been moved on several occasions due to road improvements in the vicinity.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Shetland Pony Shetland Islands

Tour Scotland photograph of a Shetland Pony on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Photographic Prints of UK, Scotland, Shetland from Danita Delimont.

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Old Shetland. Based on the extensive collection of old photographs and postcards gathered over the years by Shetland native Douglas Smith, this beautifully presented book provides fascinating insight into the lives of Shetlanders from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. As is usual in a fishing and maritime community, the men folk were typically absent for long periods of time at sea and the role of women was vital to the life of the islands. They are pictured here performing task as varied as gutting the herring catch, knitting the complex Fair Isle patterns and gossamer thin shawls for which the islands are famous, cutting and drying peat for fuel, shelling bait for the fishermen and burning seaweed for Kelp to supply chemical manufacturers. The wartime period 1939 to 1945 and the island’s crucial role as a lifeline to occupied Norway via the “Shetland Bus” is detailed and there are some fine examples of the unique and mysterious Brochs, substantial round stone defensive towers located throughout the islands. The herring and whaling boats, social occasions such as football and dancing, not to mention the annual Up-Helly-Aa fire festival celebration are all covered in this very comprehensive volume. Old Shetland.

Old Photograph Blacksmith Islay Scotland

Old photograph of a young Blacksmith on Islay, Scotland. Four hundred people emigrated from the Island of Islay in 1863 alone, some for purely economic reasons, but many others having been forced off the land their predecessors had farmed for centuries. In 1891 the census recorded only 7,375 citizens, with many evictees making new homes in Canada, the United States and elsewhere.



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Old Photograph Of The Cross Campbeltown Argyll Scotland

Old photograph of the Cross, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. Campbeltown Cross in the centre of the town is a tall, slender Celtic cross thought to date from the late 14th century. The stone from which the cross was made originates from the area of Loch Sween, many miles to the north, and the carving includes elaborate leaf scroll decoration although several figures were erased from the monument probably at the time of the Reformation.



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Old Photographs Killochan Castle Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Killochan Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Killochan Castle stands on the banks of the Girvan, about three miles from the town. Killochan belongs to a family of great antiquity in the district, the Cathcarts. So far back do their records extend, that one of their charters was granted by Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, about the year 1317, and confirmed by his brother, the great King Robert, seven years after.



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