A print from a disbound book of the British Empire published 1897. With an unrelated picture on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1897 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
HIGHLAND GAMES
Although the Highlanders have long ceased to be a race apart, and the wearing of the tartan and kilt is no longer a mark of the clansman, much of the old clan feeling exists, and the Highlander is still as proud of the stripe in his plaid and the name which he bears, as he was in the stirring days of the "Forty-five." Happily, the rivalries of the present age end in peaceful contests, and, indeed, the "Southron," dressed in "the garb of old Gaul," contends, and not unfrequently with success, for the honours of the Highland festivals. Tossing the "caber," dancing the sword dance, and " putting" the stone, are favourite events in Highland sports. We here see a stalwart champion putting the stone at the Braemar Gathering, which are annually held in a spot which the proximity of the royal castle of Balmoral makes a fashionable and popular resort.