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vintage travel poster for "The Highlands of Scotland" published by the Highland Railway company, likely issued in the 1910s or 1920s. The artist is believed to be anonymous.
Poster Details
Title: The Highlands of Scotland
Company: Highland Railway
Artist: Anonymous
Approximate Date: 1910s–1920s
Promoted Destinations and Services:
Travel via Perth and Dunkeld
Station Hotel, Dornoch, for the Royal Dornoch Golf Course
The Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer Spa (Ross-shire), known for Europe's strongest sulphur waters
Station Hotel, Inverness (ideal touring centre)
Station Hotel, Kyle of Lochalsh (for quiet restful holidays)
Description
The artwork features a woman in an orange sweater and plaid trousers walking a large white Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound) dog on a hillside overlooking a loch (lake) and mountains. The scene is rendered in an illustrative, early 20th-century style, designed to promote tourism to the northern reaches of Scotland served by the railway line. Stone litho |
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