Memoirs of a Highland Lady: Caroline Richardson's beautifully illustrated first edition copy, 1898.
Doune House, Rothiemurchus. On the Rothiemurchus estate, the home of the Grant family since the 16th century.
The title page of the copy adorned by Caroline Richardson.
The photograph of Dame Henrietta Grant, Elizabeth's sister-in-law. It was sent to Caroline as a Christmas card in 1896.
"The Ferry, Inverdruie." The Spey, near Aviemore.
"Inverdruie."
"Bridge at Kinrara." The Kinrara estate is near Aviemore.
A delightful depiction of Scottish dancing.
"Loch An Eilan, from the Ord Hill."
"The Ord Bain, Loch-en-Eilan."
"The Cairngorms, Rothiemurchus."
Untitled. Presumably a Cairngorm view.
"The Polchar in 1881." One of the cottages on the Rothiemurchus estate.
"Milltown burn." Milltown is a small village in Banffshire, north of Huntly.
"Carr Bridge, in 1881." Built in 1717, it is the oldest bridge in the Highlands.
"Ols street, Nairn."
"Inverness."
Untitled. but clearly Inverness.
"Edinburgh" The view from Calton Hill.
"Smollett's House, Edinburgh."
"Edinburgh Castle."
"Abotsford." The home of Sir Walter Scott.
"Traitor's Gate" and "The Tower of London."
Untitled. Presumably University College, Oxford.
"Christ Church Meadows, Oxford."
"Eton."
There were trips abroad fro Elizabeth Grant. "Canal dit Slyger, Rotterdam."
Two scenes in Amsterdam.
Grant lived in India for a while. "Bombay."
"The Esplanade, Calcutta."
"Bridge over the Spey at Inverdruie - from a sketch in 1881." One of two sketches in ink at the back of the book.
"Loch-an-Eilan - Rothiemurchus, 1881."
I have a unique edition of Elizabeth Grant's wonderful Memoirs of a Highland Lady. It is a first edition 1898, edited by Lady Strachey, but what makes it unique are the small watercolour illustrations added to this copy by Caroline Richardson. She was given the book by 'George' in March 1898.
