The View was taken in the Year 1778. The Print shews the south-west aspect of the Castle.
Category: Scotland
Scottish clans and history. Manners, events, fashion and costumes.
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland.
Margaret was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
John Knox and his House at Edinburgh, c. 1820.
John Knox was born in the year 1505. Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity.
Portrait of John Knox. Scottish clergyman, writer and historian.
John Knox is considered as one of the founders of the Scottish Reformation
The Clan of Graham. Tartan.
Few families, says Sir Walter Scott, can boast of more historical renown than that of Graham.
The Guitar of David Rizzio.
The Spanish guitar of David Rizzio.
The Holyrood Palace and Chapel at Edinburgh
The royal Palace bearing the above name was originally an abbey, founded by David I., A. D. 1128.
Iona, the Sacred Isle. The Isle of the Druids.
The ancient Gaelic name of Iona was unis nan Druineach, the Isle of the Druids. The Westminster Abbey of Scotland.
The Scottish clan Buchanan, their Tartan, Badge and War Cry.
Towards the middle of the 13th century, Gilbert, seneschal to the Earl of Lennox, obtained from him a part of the lands of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, and took his name from them.
Linlithgow Palace. Favourite residence of the Scottish kings.
Linlithgow Palace is a ruined castle in the Scottish town of Linlithgow. Both James V and Mary Stuart were born there.