An Interesting Find!
The bright tartan cover of this booklet immediately
attracted my attention in a second hand bookshop.
It is entitled "The Capital of Scotland" and
contains many beautiful prints of Edinburgh landmarks. Most of them are by the watercolour artist
Robert Eadie RSW. I had not heard of
this Glasgow artist before I saw these beautiful colour reproductions. You can read more about him here.
The booklet itself has a little about each of the places
pictured and this is translated into Chinese, Polish, Russian and French.
It was produced during the war by the then Lord Provost
(mayor) of Edinburgh, the Rt Hon Sir William Y Darling, as he says -
"... that it may serve not only to make the visit to
this Capital City interesting but help forward the greater cause of friendship
among all the Cities and all the Peoples of the World."
It was produced by Robert Grant & Son Limited, printers
in Edinburgh. Their own artist, Charles Stewart produced some of the other images.
A fabulous and very interesting find.
Love, Liz
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