January 11, 2012
Annie Rose Laing - Scottish Woman painter

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November 14, 2011
Cadell - The orange blind

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November 14, 2011
FCB Cadell

If you are in or within reach of Edinburgh, I can highly recommend the FCB Cadell exhibtion at the Gallery of Modern Art. It’s a visual feast.

Here’s Cadell in his elegant studio in George Street, with one of his most famous paintings. 

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Filed under: Cadell Edinburgh painting artist in studio Edwardian style Lark Ascending 
October 3, 2011
The Harbour Window

The Harbour Window

(From the RA http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART133) 

By Stanhope Forbes. It’s Cornwall of course, but I can imagine this scene in the lovely East Neuk of Fife.

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October 2, 2011
More from the Argyll Works…

 

Before the Great War there was a thriving motor industry in Scotland. Argyll motors deliberate marketed to women, as you can see from the above advert, which makes them rather dashing for the period. 

The hero of Green Grow the Rushes, Ralph Erskine, rather reluctantly, gets into the motor business in Scotland and makes a great success of it, marketing shooting brakes to the Scots gentry. 

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Filed under: Edwardian motoring Edwardian Scotland Cars Scotland Argyll Motor Company Vintage ads 
October 2, 2011
Industrial magnificence

The Argyll Motor Works, Alexandria

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Filed under: Argyll Motors Edwardian Scotland vintage car Edwardian architecture 1910's 
September 30, 2011
On board ship

How to dress correctly on board ship - Countess Grey and her daughters.

(merci http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2010/12/portrait-archaeology-countess-grey-her.html )

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Filed under: Edwardian costume countess ocean liner 1910 
September 30, 2011
Two Novelists in the family…

John, of course, needs no introduction. Anna wrote under the name O Douglas and her first novel was published in 1912.  One of her most successful works was the deliciously titled Pink Sugar.

(picture thanks to http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2009/01/pink-sugar-by-o-douglas.html) 

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Filed under: Edwardian Scotland John Buchan Victorian children vintage photo O Douglas novelists 1880's 
September 29, 2011
Edwardian Scots aristos: 3. The Fifes

1911 Duchess of Fife, Princesses Alexandria and Maude LCBain cropped

Actually more an aristocratic royal blend, the Duchess of Fife being the daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. 

The Fifes were very country orientated and spent a great deal of time at Mar Lodge. The Duchess was apparently a very keen fisherwoman.

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Filed under: Edwardian Scotland Royal Family Highlands 
September 29, 2011
Edwardian Scots aristos: 2. The Duchess of Roxburghe

Formerly Miss May Goelet - an American heiress to rival the Countess of Grantham. Note a fur wrap is essential in a drafty Scottish castle like Floors.

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Filed under: Edwardian scotland Duchess portrait photograph Downton Abbey Cora Grantham