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List of illustrations and maps
Introduction 1 William the Lion, n.d. 3 2 James Gordon of Rothiemay, Cowper, 1642 5 3 Paul Sandby, The Hingie, c. 1746 7 4 Paul Sandby, Local Salmon Fishermen, Inverness, c. 1746 8 5 cornelis van Dalen, The High & Mighty Monarch Charles, c. 1638 10 6 roderick Chalmers, The Edinburgh Trades, 1720 12 7 William Edgar, Stirlingshire, 1745 13 8 William Delacour, View of Edinburgh, 1759 14 9 Foulis Academy, View of the Bridgegate, Glasgow, looking West, c. 1770 14 10 charles Cordiner, Inverness, 1780 15 11 The Groundplan of the Fortification at Stornaway upon Lewis Iland, c. 1653 16 12 William Semple, A Plan of the Town of Paisley & Suburbs, 1781 20 13 William Crawford, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Dundee, 1776–7 21 14 andrew and Mostyn Armstrong, A Plan of Greenlaw, 1771 22 15 andrew Armstrong, Plan of the Town of Ayr, 1775 23 16 andrew and Mostyn Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothians, 1773 24 17 charles Ross, A Plan of Glasgow, 1773 25 18 charles Ross, A Map of the Shire of Lanark, 1773 27 19 robert Seaton, View of Castle Street on Market Day, 1806 28 20 George Langlands, Plan of the Environs of Inveraray, 1801 30 21 Exhibition of the Battle of Waterloo, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, 1825 31 22 handbill for Rotunda, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, 1820s 31 23 View of the Greenock and Ayr Railway crossing King Street, Gorbals, Glasgow, 1837 33 24 David Octavius Hill, View of St Rollox Railway Depot, 1831 34 25 Old Custom House, Greenmarket, Dundee, 1840s 35 26 Teetotal Tower, Renfrew Road, Paisley, c. 1840 36 27 William Gibb, Fish Street, Dundee, c. 1830s 37
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28 Walter Geikie, Libberton Wynd from the Cowgate, 1830 38 29 netherbow Port, 1544 39 30 John Fleming, Greenock from the East, 1829 42 31 David Octavius Hill, Ayr Market Cross, 1846 44 32 Banknote of Central Bank of Scotland, c. 1834 51 33 T. S. Peace, Broad Street, Kirkwall, 1866 51 34 David Octavius Hill, Twa Brigs of Ayr, 1846 53 35 Advertisement for Queen’s Hotel, Dundee, 1878 54 36 Advertisement for Aberdeen Assurance Co., 1801 55 37 charles S. Lawson, Butcher Row and Nethergate, Dundee, c. 1870 56
Main text 1 James Gordon of Rothiemay, Detail of A Description of New and of Old Aberdeens, 1661 63 1a Detail of panorama in A Description of New and of Old Aberdeens, 1661 64 2 William Mosman, View of Aberdeen, 1756 67 2a James Gordon of Rothiemay, Inset in A Description of New and of Old Aberdeens, 1661 68 3 hugh Irvine of Drum, Castle Gate, Aberdeen, 1803 71 3a Joseph William Allen, Castle Street, 1839 72 4 A Prospect of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, from the North looking towards the Forth, c. 1840 75 5 George Wright, Old Town Hall of Annan, taken down, 1876 79 6 anon., Town of Arbroath, 1838 83 6a George M. MacGillivray, The Opening of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, 1838 84 7 John Slezer (adapted), Prospect of the Town of Air from the East, 1716 87 7a James Skene of Rubislaw, Gate of the Old Citadel of Leith, 1818 88 7b John Ainslie, Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith with the proposed docks, 1804 89 7c Lewis Petit, Inverness in North Britain, c. 1716 92 8 henry Gibson Duguid, The New and Old Bridges at Ayr, 1820s 93 8a anon., Ayr from the North, 1845 94 9 James Wales, View of Banff in 1775 97 9a William Henry Bartlett, Banff, 1838 98 10 Anon., The Mechanics Institute, Brechin, c. 1838 101
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10a J. M. Corner, Church Street, having Mechanics’ Hall in the Distance, 1838 102 11 alexander Smith, Beach Crescent and Broughty Castle, 1835 105 12 Thomas Sinclair, A Residenter in an Ancient Burgh on his Way to procure a Burgess Ticket, 1830 109 12a Thomas Sinclair, Mechanics of an Ancient Burgh going to Church to claim the Superiority of their Seats, 1830 110 13 David Roberts, The Toll House Edinburgh, c. 1828–38 113 14 anon., View of Coupar Angus from the South 117 14a George Henry Hutton, Remains of the Abbey, looking north, 1820 118 15 John Slezer, The Prospect of ye House and Town of Colross, 1693 121 16 John Wood, Plan of Dalkeith, 1822 124 16a John Lesslie, Plan of Dalkeith, 1770 126 16b John Clerk of Eldin, Dalkeith from the North West, c. 1776 127 17 James Giles, View of Dornoch from the East, 1839 129 17a charles Cordiner, The Nave of Dornoch Cathedral, c. 1776 130 18 John Clark, The Town of Dumbarton, 1824 133 19 David Octavius Hill, Dumfries, 1846 137 19a James Ramage, Dumfries, 1878 138 20 William Daniell, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, 1822 141 20a John Clerk of Eldin, View of Dunbar, c. 1780 142 21 David Roberts, Bridge over the Allan Water, 1853 145 21a W. E. Lockhart, Dunblane on a Rainy Day, 1880s 146 22 John Slezer, The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee from ye East, 1693 149 23 anon., Dundee from the Harbour, 1780s 153 24 henry Harwood, The Executive, 1821 157 24a Key to The Executive 158 25 Anon., Dunfermline, c. 1860 161 25a map of Dunfermline, 1766 162 26 James Stobie, Dunkeld: A Seat of His Grace the Duke of Atholl, 1783 165 26a John Slezer, The Prospect of the Town of Dunkeld, 1693 166 27 Karel Nekola, View of Dysart, 1883 169 27a sam Bough, Dysart Harbour, c. 1854 170 28 alexander Allan (‘Alesius’), A Description of Edinburgh, Royal City of the Kingdom of the Scots, 1550 173 28a rowland Johnson, Plan of the Siege of the Castle of Edinburgh, May 1573 175 28b The Tron 177 28c newhaven Dry Dock, 1573 177 29 Wenceslaus Hollar, Edynburgum, c. 1641 179
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30 Paul Sandby, Horse Fair on Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, 1750 183 31 Paul Sandby, The Execution of John Young, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1751 185 32 Paul Sandby, View of Edinburgh Castle, 1750 187 32a alexander Nasmyth, Edinburgh Castle and Nor’ Loch, 1780 188 33 John Runciman, The Taking Down of the Netherbow Port, 1764 191 33a Daniel Wilson, Netherbow Port 192 34 alexander Nasmyth, Princes Street with the Commencement of the Building of the Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 1825 195 35 James Howe, Horse Fair in the Grassmarket, c. 1830 199 35a John Le Conte, Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, 1840 200 36 David Lindsay of Edzell, Pourtraicte of ye new citie of Edzel, 4 Septb. 1592 203 37 Timothy Pont, Elgin, 1590s 207 37a Timothy Pont, Tain, 1590s 208 37b Timothy Pont, Stirling, 1590s 208 37c Timothy Pont, Perth, 1590s 209 38 John Clark, The Town of Falkirk, 1824 211 39 alexander Keirincx, Falkland Palace and the Howe of Fife, c. 1639 215 40 J. S. Paterson, Town of Forfar, c. 1821–5 219 40a Timothy Pont, Forfar, 1590s 220 40b James Wright, Halfpenny Trade Token, 1797 220 41 Thomas Sandby, Fort Augustus, 1746 223 41a Thomas Sandby, Fort Augustus, 1746 223 42 Paul Sandby, South West View of Fort William and Inver Lochy Fort, c. 1747 227 42a General George Wade, A Plan of Fort William in the Shire of Inverness, 1736 228 43 William Daniell, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, 1815 231 43a William Daniell, Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, 1815 232 44 Galashiels from Buckholm Hill, 1845 235 44a John Wood, Plan of Galashiels, 1824 236 45 anon., Old Glasgow Saltmarket in 1630, n.d. 239 45a Thomas Fairbairn, Old Wooden House in Close, Saltmarket, 1844 240 46 John Slezer, The Prospect of the Town of Glasgow from the South, 1693 243 47 Foulis Academy, Glasgow from the South-East, c. 1762 247 47a Foulis Academy, Glasgow from the South-East, c. 1762 248 48 John Knox, Panorama of the City of Glasgow, 1817 251 49 William Heath, Glasgow Fair, 1825 255 50 David Octavius Hill, Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway. View at St Rollox Looking South East, 1831 259 50a David Octavius Hill, View near Provan Mill Bridge Looking West, 1831 261
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51 Thomas Carsell, Greenock, 1854 263 51a robert W. Salmon, The Custom House, Greenock, 1822 265 52 James Howe, Fair, Haddington, c. 1830s 267 53 John Wood, Plan of Hamilton, 1824 271 53a Timothy Pont, Hamilton, 1590s 272 54 Paul Sandby, Prospect of Duniquich and Old Castle of Inveraray from the Market Place, c. 1747 275 54a William Roy, Inveraray Town, Military Survey of Scotland, 1747–55 276 55 David Buchan Young, Inverkeithing High Street, 1870 279 56 Paul Sandby, Highland market scene, c. 1747 283 56a Paul Sandby, Gillie wet feit 284 57 William Fraser, A View of Inverness, c. 1840 287 57a Felice Piccioni, Roman Catholic Church, Huntly Street, Inverness, c. 1834 288 58 James Cassie, Inverurie Town Hall, c. 1850s 291 58a canal barge being pulled along the Aberdeenshire Canal, 1850 292 58b The Intended Navigable Channel from the Harbour of Aberdeen to the Bridge over the River Don at Inverury, 1796 292 59 Thomas Girtin, The Village of Jedburgh, Roxburgh, 1800 295 60 Felice Piccioni, Roman Catholic Church, Keith, c. 1834 299 60a ordnance Survey, Keith, 1868 300 61 anon., Market Place, Kelso, c. 1780 303 62 David Octavius Hill, Kilmarnock Cross, 1846 307 63 James Stewart, Kinghorn, Fife Shire, 1840 311 64 Anon., Kirkcaldy from the North, 1838 315 64a anon., Kirkcaldy from the South, 1838 317 65 robert Scott, View of Kirkwall from the West, 1805 319 65a William Aberdeen, A View of Kirkwall in Orkney from the West, 1766 320 66 James Stalker, Summer, Skelmorlie Aisle, 1636–8 323 66a James Stalker, Spring, Skelmorlie Aisle, 1636–8 324 67 Paul Sandby, A Distant View of Leith, 1747 327 67a Paul Sandby, View of Leith from the East Road, 1751 328 68 William Thomas Reed, Leith Races, 1859 331 69 John Irvine, Lerwick from the Old Battery, 1850s 335 69a Thomas Woore, The Presbyterian Church, Lerwick, 1828 336 70 John Slezer, The Prospect of Their Maj’ties Palace of Linlithgow, 1693 339 70a John Slezer, The Prospect and Town of Linlithgow, 1693 340 71 J. M. W. Turner, Linlithgow Palace, c. 1807 343
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72 Thomas Shepherd, The Market Square with Cross and Pant Well, 1830 347 72a sir David Erskine, Melrose Cross, June 17th, 1821 348 73 alexander Milne, Montrose High Street, 1826 351 74 raphael Holinshed, The Englishe Victore against the Schottes by Muskelbroghe, 1547 355 74a Leith, 1547 356 75 William Carroll, Musselburgh Town House, 1827 359 76 Timothy Pont, Nairn, 1590s 363 76a ruins of the old Castle, Nairn, 1590s 364 76b Great Reform Act Plans and Reports, 1832, Nairn 364 77 John Claude Nattes, View of New Galloway, 1804 367 78 John Winning, New Lanark from the North-East, c. 1818 371 79 anon., Newburgh Town House, post-1815 375 79a Newburgh Box 376 80 anon., Oban, 1857 379 80a hydrographic Office, Oban Bay, Troon Harbour, 1847 380 81 alexander Carse, Oldhamstocks Fair, 1796 383 82 John Clark, Paisley from Saucel Hill, 1825 387 82a John Slezer, The Prospect of the Abbey and Town of Paisley, 1693 388 83 John Cook, A View of Paisley Abbey from Causeyside, 1827 391 83a John Wood, Paisley, 1828 392 84 charles A. Blyth, View of Peebles from Tweed Green, 1836 395 85 st Bartholomew, Glovers’ Incorporation, Perth, 1557 399 86 James Stobie, Perth from the North West, 1783 403 86a James Stobie, Street Plan of Perth, 1783 404 87 William Brown, Perth from Barnhill, c. 1833 407 88 John Clark, The Town of Peterhead, 1824 411 88a montagu Beattie, The Harbour at Peterhead, 1790s 412 89 David Wilkie, Pitlessie Fair, 1804 415 89a David Wilkie, Background for the Painting for Pitlessie Fair 416 90 robert Paul, A View of Port Glasgow from the South East, 1768 419 91 anon., Portobello Beach, c. 1850 423 91a Portobello Glassworks invoice 424 92 John Geddy, S. Andre sive Andreapolis: Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana, c. 1580 427 92a Tron, c. 1580 428 93 anon., South Queensferry High Street and Tolbooth, c. 1860 431 93a charles Bryden, View of the Harbour Head, c. 1887 432
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94 Johannes Vosterman and Jan van Wyck, Stirling in the Time of the Stuarts, c. 1679 435 95 John Berrihill of Alloa, Stirling Bridge, c. 1703–7 439 95a Board of Ordnance Plans, A Plan of the Town and Castle of Stirling, 1725 440 96 William Henry Bartlett, View of Stonehaven, 1830s 443 96a mr Reid, View of Stonehaven from the South East, 1805 444 97 James Barret, The Village of Stornaway with a Shooting Lodge, on the Isle of Lewes, 1798 447 97a John Wood, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Stornaway, Island of Lewis, 1821 448 98 mr Baird, Stranraer, 1880s 451 98a robert George Kelly, The Loch Ryan Regatta, 1842 452 98b anon., Stranraer Castle, c. 1810 453 99 samuel Read, Wick’s Harbour during the Herring Fishing, 1875 455 99a ordnance Survey, Wick, 1872 456 100 John Clark, Wigtown from Windy Hill, 1827 459 100a andrew Farlow, Wigtown High Street, 1850s 460
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