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Early Scottish Photography

A View of Edinburgh from the West by Alexander Nasmyth — the city along its ridge with the castle rock and Arthur's Seat

Edinburgh

Edinburgh from Calton Hill in 1858 by David Roberts, the Old Town running west to the castle

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Robert Burns painted by Alexander Nasmyth in 1787, the poet in a dark coat against a landscape

Robert Burns

Loch Katrine by John Lavery — the Trossachs loch under a wide grey sky

Scottish Landscapes

Pitlessie Fair by David Wilkie, 1804 — a crowded Fife village fair with around 140 figures

Scottish Life and History

Angus Og, the Gaelic god of love, standing over a calm sea with birds circling his head, painted by John Duncan

Scottish Myth and Legend

Hawthornden Castle on its cliff above the North Esk gorge, painted by Alexander Nasmyth

Scottish Towns and Castles

Portrait of Mrs Richard Alexander Oswald in white muslin, painted by Henry Raeburn about 1794

Sir Henry Raeburn

The Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer, 1851 — a twelve-point red deer stag turning its head in Highland mist

Stags, Deer and Scottish Wildlife

A Hind's Daughter by James Guthrie, 1883 — a girl standing in a field of kail holding a knife, looking directly at the viewer

The Glasgow Boys

Roses by S. J. Peploe — a Scottish Colourist still life of roses in a vase, painted in flat bright colour

The Scottish Colourists