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Even Gods have Dwelt in Woods (1976)

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Sorley MacLean, 1911 - 1996. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Sorley MacLean, 1911 - 1996. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Iain Crichton Smith, 1928 - 1998. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Christopher Murray Grieve (nom de plume, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'), 1892 - 1978. Poet. From the series 'The Seven Poets' (1978)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Norman MacCaig, 1910 - 1996. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
George Mackay Brown, 1921 - 1996. Poet. (from the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
George Mackay Brown, 1921 - 1996. Poet. (from the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Iain Crichton Smith, 1928 - 1998. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Edwin Morgan, 1920 - 2010. Poet. (From the series 'The Seven Poets') (1980)

Jessie Ann Matthew
Robert Fergusson, 1750 - 1774. Poet (About 1772)

Alexander Runciman
James Hogg, 1770 - 1835. Poet; 'The Ettrick Shepherd' (1830)

Sir John Watson Gordon
Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet (After 1717)

Unknown
James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet (1720)

William Aikman
Norman MacCaig, 1910 - 1996. Poet (1968)

Alexander Moffat
Sir Compton Mackenzie, 1883 - 1972. Author (1962)

Robert Heriot Westwater
Sir George Mackenzie, 1636 - 1691. Founder of the Advocates Library (1680s)

Unknown
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (After 1824)

Gilbert Stuart Newton
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (About 1830)

Sir John Watson Gordon
William Blackwood, 1776 - 1834. Publisher (About 1830)

Sir William Allan
William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet (Dated 1609)

Unknown
Osborne Henry Mavor (nom de plume 'James Bridie'), 1888 - 1951. Playwright (1949)

Lida Moser
Eric Linklater, 1899 - 1974. Novelist (1949)

Lida Moser
Neil Gunn, 1891 - 1973, and James Bridie (Osborne Henry Mavor), 1888 - 1951 (1949)

Lida Moser
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894. Essayist, Poet and Author (June 1885)

A.G. Dew Smith
Hugh MacDiarmid: Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (illustration for 'The Radio Times' ) (Dated 1954/62)

Edward Gage
Milne's Bar (Dated 1986)

John Bellany
Frontispiece (from 'The Scottish Bestiary') (Published 1986)

Steven Campbell
William McIlvanney, b. 1936. Writer (1989)

Robin Gillanders
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Gala Day at Abbotsford) (1827)

Sir William Allan
Sir Walter Scott with one of his daughters (About 1826)

Sir William Allan
Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796. Poet (About 1786/7)

Peter Taylor
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet

Sir John Watson Gordon
Bard Macintyre's Box (1984)

Will Maclean
Bell Rock Lighthouse (1819)

Joseph Mallord William Turner
Agnes Miller Parker (1936)

William McCance
The Dream of Ossian (Dated 1811)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Anne MacVicar, Mrs James Grant of Laggan [Bana Ghranndach an Lagain], 1755 - 1838. Writer (1831)

Augustin Edouart
The Stricken Oak (for 'Portrait of a Village' by Francis Brett Young) (1937)

Joan Hassall
Jenni Fagan (born 1977) (2014, printed 2022)

Angela Catlin
Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eian), 1911 - 1996. Poet (1978)

Alexander Moffat
Christopher Murray Grieve (nom de plume, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'), 1892 - 1978. Poet and writer (1978)

Alexander Moffat
John Galt, 1779 - 1839. Novelist (About 1835)

Alfred, Count D'Orsay
Loch Coruisk, Skye

Joseph Mallord William Turner
Edwin Morgan, 1920 -2010. Poet (1980)

Alexander Moffat
Christopher Murray Grieve (nom de plume, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'), 1892 - 1978. Poet and writer (Hymn to Lenin) (1979)

Alexander Moffat
Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet (In his Study) (1978)

Alexander Moffat
Derick Thomson, 1921 - 2012. Gaelic scholar (1995)

Dòmhnall Thomson
Poets' Pub (1980)

Alexander Moffat
William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet (1612)

Abraham van Blijenberch
Elizabeth Hamilton, 1757 - 1816. Writer and educationalist (About 1812)

Sir Henry Raeburn
William Hamilton of Bangour, 1704 - 1754. Poet (About 1748)

Gavin Hamilton
Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet (1722)

William Aikman
Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet (Dated 1729)

Allan Ramsay
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Probably a study for the Discovery of the Regalia) (1818)

Andrew Geddes
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (About 1844)

Sir William Allan
Dame Muriel Spark, (1918 - 2006) Writer (1984)

Alexander Moffat
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894. Essayist, poet and novelist (1892)

Count Girolamo Nerli

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