searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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In fond remembrance of David Hockney who kindly gave permission for Dr Peter Fjagesund and myself to use one of his fabulous paintings, 'The Valley, Stalheim' (2002) as the front cover of our book, The Northern Utopia: British Perceptions of Norway in the Nineteenth Century, Rodopi, 2003 The Northern Utopia: British Perceptions of Norway in... Continue Reading →
by Ruth A. Symes [This article was first published in Scots Heritage Magazine in 2016] Balmoral in earlier days, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Balmoral in 1848 after spending a happy holiday in the Highlands. In 1853, the original house (believed to date from the 13th century) was knocked down and a new, larger... Continue Reading →
searchmyancestry - Ruth A. Symes 