Nineteenth-Century Scotland

In the week of the Scottish independence referendum, we've unearthed some illustrations of texts from our collection which offer a compelling insight into Scottish cultural identity in the nineteenth century .

From The Children of the Mist; or, the Scottish clansmen in peace and war (Edinburgh, 1890)

'The First Meeting of Prince Charles with Flora Macdonald', from Pictures and Royal Portraits illustrative of English and Scottish History (London, 1878)

From The History of Scotland; from the earliest period to the present time
(London; New York: London Printing & Publishing Co., [1873, 74])

From The Works and Correspondence of Robert Burns (Glasgow: William Mackenzie, 1866)

From The Scottish Gaël; or, Celtic Manners, as preserved among the Highlanders: being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities and national peculiarities of Scotland (London: 1831)