Bonawe_ examines the underrepresented industrial heritage of the Scottish Highlands, often disregarded in favour of romanticised images of the region that represent the landscape as wild, untouched and separate from Scotland’s industrial heritage. R.R. Mclan’s lithographs from Clans of the Scottish Highlands, produced in 1845 and dedicated to Queen Victoria, perpetuated these stereotypes through picturesque imagery connoting the simplicity of rural life.
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R.R. McIan, The Clans of the Scottish Highlands (1845)
