Picts Collection (#9)

Caerlaverock Castle (b / w photo)
7167996 Caerlaverock Castle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caerlaverock Castle)

Home Again! (colour litho)
7168978 Home Again! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Home Again! Illustration for Chatterbox (1916).); © Look and Learn

View in Strasburg (engraving)
7163809 View in Strasburg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View in Strasburg)

Martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton (engraving)
7163804 Martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton)

Greyfriars Churchyard (engraving)
7163791 Greyfriars Churchyard (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greyfriars Churchyard)

North Cascade and Tower, Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 (colour litho)
7164702 North Cascade and Tower, Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 (colour litho) by Sweet, Walter Henry (1889-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: North Cascade and Tower, Empire Exhibition)

Queen Anne of Denmark, c. 1605 (oil on panel)
3928565 Queen Anne of Denmark, c.1605 (oil on panel) by Critz, John de, the Elder (c.1552-1642)(attr. to); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anne of Denmark (1574-1619)

Great waterfalls (b / w photo)
6013427 Great waterfalls (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great waterfalls)

Shooting Sea Fowl on the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth (engraving)
1053800 Shooting Sea Fowl on the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth (engraving) by Murray, William Bazett (fl.1871-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shooting Sea Fowl on the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth)

The Works of the New Bridge over the Firth of Forth (engraving)
1046124 The Works of the New Bridge over the Firth of Forth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Works of the New Bridge over the Firth of Forth)

Opening of the Skye Railway (engraving)
1104545 Opening of the Skye Railway (engraving) by Read, Samuel (1816-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening of the Skye Railway)

The Isle of Skye (engraving)
1611307 The Isle of Skye (engraving) by Read, Samuel (1816-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Isle of Skye. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 29 August 1868)

Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, the Seat of Mr Norman Magnus Macleod, CMG (b / w photo)
1597744 Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, the Seat of Mr Norman Magnus Macleod, CMG (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye)

The Harbour Kyleakin, Isle of Skye (litho)
1592321 The Harbour Kyleakin, Isle of Skye (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Harbour Kyleakin, Isle of Skye)

The Forth Bridge (b / w photo)
1596184 The Forth Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Forth Bridge. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 12 October 1889)

Birds on the Bass Rock, in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington (engraving)
1595703 Birds on the Bass Rock, in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington (engraving) by Carter, Samuel John (1835-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds on the Bass Rock)

George Buchanan, 1650 (engraving)
6040022 George Buchanan, 1650 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Buchanan (1506-1582) Scottish historian and humanist scholar

Picts houses (litho)
6013756 Picts houses (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Picts houses. Illustration for The Harmsworth Encylopaedia (c 1922).); © Look and Learn

The Channel Fleet passing Inchkeith, Firth of Forth (engraving)
2773034 The Channel Fleet passing Inchkeith, Firth of Forth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Channel Fleet passing Inchkeith, Firth of Forth)

Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth (engraving)
2785384 Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth)

The Loch Ness Monster at Castle Urquhart (b / w photo)
3656519 The Loch Ness Monster at Castle Urquhart (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Loch Ness Monster at Castle Urquhart)

Forth Bridge (colour photo)
3094917 Forth Bridge (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forth Bridge. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Skye Crofters Land League Agitation (engraving)
1622920 The Skye Crofters Land League Agitation (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Skye Crofters Land League Agitation)

The Shah near Edinburgh, inspecting the Works of the Forth Bridge (engraving)
1596029 The Shah near Edinburgh, inspecting the Works of the Forth Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shah near Edinburgh)

The Peat Moors, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye (litho)
1598695 The Peat Moors, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Peat Moors, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye)

St Benedicts College and Monastery, Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Scotland (engraving)
1060380 St Benedicts College and Monastery, Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Scotland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Benedicts College and Monastery)

The Picts inculcating home rule principles (engraving)
1090765 The Picts inculcating home rule principles (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Picts inculcating home rule principles)

The Forth Bridge, to be opened by HRH the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, 4 March 1890 (engraving)
1047428 The Forth Bridge, to be opened by HRH the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, 4 March 1890 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Forth Bridge)

The Works at the Forth Bridge Railway, NB (engraving)
1045636 The Works at the Forth Bridge Railway, NB (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Works at the Forth Bridge Railway, NB)

Emigration from the Isle of Skye (engraving)
1601501 Emigration from the Isle of Skye (engraving) by Read, Samuel (1816-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emigration from the Isle of Skye)

Memorial Window to Flora Macdonald (b / w photo)
1605220 Memorial Window to Flora Macdonald (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Memorial Window to Flora Macdonald)

Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland (chromolitho)
736013 Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland)

The Isle of Skye from Arasaig, Inverness-Shire (engraving)
2772944 The Isle of Skye from Arasaig, Inverness-Shire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Isle of Skye from Arasaig, Inverness-Shire)

Aberdour, The Pier (b / w photo)
2794755 Aberdour, The Pier (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aberdour, The Pier)

Sketches in Skye, the Crofters Land League Agitation (engraving)
1622932 Sketches in Skye, the Crofters Land League Agitation (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in Skye, the Crofters Land League Agitation)

The Forth Bridge at Queensferry, on the North British Railway, View from the South Shore (engraving)
1596473 The Forth Bridge at Queensferry, on the North British Railway, View from the South Shore (engraving) by English School

Progress of the Forth Bridge, Queensferry, near Edinburgh (engraving)
1595872 Progress of the Forth Bridge, Queensferry, near Edinburgh (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Progress of the Forth Bridge, Queensferry)

St Columba made the sign of the Cross, and the great gates opened wide (colour litho)
5208328 St Columba made the sign of the Cross, and the great gates opened wide (colour litho) by Skelton, J. R. (1888-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Columba made the sign of the Cross)

Newhaven Pier, (Firth of Forth) (engraving)
820267 Newhaven Pier, (Firth of Forth) (engraving) by Bartlett, William Henry (1809-54) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Newhaven Pier, (Firth of Forth)

Dunbar Castle (engraving)
2793646 Dunbar Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dunbar Castle. Illustration for The History and Legends of Old Castles And Abbeys (John Dicks)

The Proposed Bridge over the Forth (engraving)
1045249 The Proposed Bridge over the Forth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Proposed Bridge over the Forth)

The Opening of the Forth Bridge by HRH the Prince of Wales (engraving)
1047117 The Opening of the Forth Bridge by HRH the Prince of Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth (engraving)
1104356 Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whale Stranded at Longniddry, Firth of Forth)

Flora MacDonalds Monument, Kilmuir, Skye (engraving)
1613516 Flora MacDonalds Monument, Kilmuir, Skye (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flora MacDonalds Monument, Kilmuir, Skye)

Emigration from the Isle of Skye, "The Hercules"in the Harbour of Campbelton (engraving)
1601496 Emigration from the Isle of Skye, " The Hercules" in the Harbour of Campbelton (engraving) by Weedon, Edwin (1819-79); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sketches of Skye (engraving)
1595139 Sketches of Skye (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Skye. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 3 March 1888)

The Land Agitation in Skye (engraving)
1044038 The Land Agitation in Skye (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Land Agitation in Skye)

Ravenscraig Castle (engraving)
2793598 Ravenscraig Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ravenscraig Castle)

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"Picts: Unveiling the Ancient Tapestry of Scotland's History" Step into a bygone era with this captivating collection of images that paint a vivid picture of the enigmatic Picts. Journey back to 597 AD, as you explore a meticulously detailed map showcasing Britain during their reign. Saint Columba, an iconic figure in Pictish history, graces our vision alongside his majestic horse, embodying the spirit and resilience of these ancient people. The scenic North Berwick on the Firth of Forth enchants us through an exquisite engraving, transporting us to a time when nature and civilization coexisted harmoniously. The Cruden Bay Hotel stands tall in a mesmerizing black and white photograph, evoking nostalgia for days gone by. Meanwhile, Glasgow's Broomielaw Bridge takes center stage in a lithograph capturing its architectural grandeur amidst bustling city life. Marvel at the engineering marvel that is The Forth Bridge - an imposing structure immortalized in an intricate engraving. Dunkeld reveals itself through another enchanting etching; its charm evident even centuries later. Witness Britons intermingling with tattooed Caledonians under Queen Boudica's watchful eye – symbols of cultural diversity and strength within this ancient land. A battle scene carved onto stone at Aberlemno showcases their artistic prowess while narrating tales from long-forgotten conflicts. Tragedy unfolds before our eyes as we witness historical events unfold through powerful engravings: The Death of the Count Keildar leaves us somber; Execution of Argyle reminds us of darker times; Murder Archbishop Sharp sends shivers down our spines. Join us on this visual journey through time as we unravel the mysteries surrounding one of Scotland's most intriguing civilizations –the Picts– leaving no stone unturned in their fascinating tale.