Scottish Collection (page 58)

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man

John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (1845-1914), 9th Duke of Argyll from 1900, c1880. In 1871 he married Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria

Battle of Loos, France, World War I, 1915. Scottish regiments charging and overwhelming German trenches. The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front

James Watt, Scottish engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was the son of a Scottish shipbuilder and showed an interest in invention at an early age

Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish historian and essayist. Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote a history of the French Revolution which gained him popular as well as academic fame when it was published in

James Watt, Scottish engineer, 19th century. Artist: Robert G Bell
James Watt, Scottish engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was the son of a Scottish shipbuilder and showed an interest in invention at an early age

Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Artist: Henry Meyer
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Graham fought in the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and was aide-de-camp to General Sir John Moore at the evacuation of Moores army

George Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. Artist: Henry Meyer
George Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. After a distinguished military career in the Napoleonic Wars, Murray was appointed Lieutenant-General of Upper Canada in 1815

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. Artist: John Kay
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. He is pictured standing wearing a hat and wig and carrying a cane, pointing to a book on a table

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), Scottish politician and administrator
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, Scottish Conservative politician and administrator. After a civil service career which culminated with the post of Governor of Bengal from 1932-1938

Alexander Adam (1741-1809) Scottish teacher and writer. Headmaster Watsons Hospital, Edinburgh, and of High School, Edinburgh (1768). Engraving after portrait by Raeburn

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Artist: John Kay
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Abercromby served in the Seven Years War. He defeated the French at Alexandria (Aboukir Bay), on 21 March 1801, but died of his wounds

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. Artist: H Robinson
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. General Abercromby led the successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria) on 21 March 1801

Swan incandescent lamps, University College, Dundee, Scotland, 1884
Swan incandescent lamps fitted in the engineering classrooms at University College, Dundee, Scotland, 1884

Highlanders capturing the mutineers guns at Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny, 16 July 1857 (c1895). The Indian Mutiny was an uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

First relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857
First relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857. Soldiers of a Highland Regiment entering the city

Fowls of a Feather Flock together; a group of aeronauts, c1785
Fowls of a Feather Flock together ; a group of aeronauts, c1785. The Italian balloonist Vincenzo Lunardi (centre) in Edinburgh for his ascent of 5th October 1785

Alexander Burnes, Scottish diplomat murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841
Alexander Burnes (1805-1841), centre, Scottish diplomat and traveller murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1918), Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, 1870s. Artist: Matthew Brady
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1918), Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist

Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair, Scottish, 1848
Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair, Scottish. From Matthias Dunn A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848. Engraving

Women climbing ladders to carry coal up a mineshaft, Scotland, early 19th century. From L. Simonin Mines and Miners, London, c1865. Wood engraving

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Playfair (1819-18980 rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845)

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy
Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Kier (James) Hardie, British Labour leader
HARDIE, (James) Kier (1856-1915) Scottish-born British Labour leader, a founder of the Labour Party

Lord Byron, English poet. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) was a leading figure in the Romantic movement

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer, 1849 (c1878). Livingstone (1813-1873), holding a childs hand, with attendants and an ox-drawn wagon arriving at Lake Ngami in Botswana

Dr Livingstone, I presume?, 10 November 1871 (c1878). The historic meeting between Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) Welsh explorer and journalist

David Livingstone discovering Lake Ngami, Botswana, 1 August 1849 (1857). Livingstone, (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer

David Livingstone, saved from a lion by Mebalwe, a native schoolmaster, 1857. Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa

Death of David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, 1 May 1873 (1877). Livingstone (1813-1873) kneeling in prayer by his bedside, found dead by his native servants

David Livingstone, 19th century Scottish missionary and African explorer, c1915. Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa

Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer, c1900. Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the creator of Sherlock Holmes and of Brigadier Gerard

St Matthew from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at the time of St Columba

Tribute Dew to Ben Nevis, 1883. Artist: Harry Furniss
Tribute Dew to Ben Nevis, 1883. Cartoon marking the opening of a meteorological observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, late 18th century. At the centre left is the Bridge of Doon which features in his poem Tam o Shanter (1791)

Tobias George Smollett, 18th century Scottish-born British novelist, 1803. Smolletts (1721-1771) best known work is The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748)

Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish-born British jurist and politician. Brougham (1778-1868) defended Queen Caroline at her trial (1820)

George Wishart, 16th century Scottish reformer and martyr, mid 19th century. Wishart (c1513-1546) on his way to trial before Archbishop Beaton, giving his purse to a beggar

Fingals Cave, 1849. The best known of the caves on the southwest coast of Staffa, Scottish Inner Hebrides, was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohns overture The Hebrides

Leander Starr Jameson, Scottish-born South African politician, c1900. A friend of Cecil Rhodes, Jameson (1853-1917) was the leader of the Jameson Raid on 29 December 1895 to 2 January 1896

James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish poet, essayist and schoolmaster. He is shown holding his Essay on Truth (1770) attacking David Hume

Birthplace of JM Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street are among Barries best known works

Signature of JM Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist. Artist: JM Barrie
Signature of JM Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street are among his best known works

James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist, c1895. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street are among his best known works

Professor Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882), Scottish embryologist, 1882. The brother of Conservative statesman AJ Balfour, Francis Balfour was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Scottish-born British statesman and philosopher. Balfour served as Prime Minister of the Conservative government of 1902-1905

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