Art and Identity in Scotland

A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott

Viccy Coltman

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781108417686
• eBook ISBN: 9781108287036
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways. Weaving together previously unpublished archival materials, visual and material culture, dress and textile history, Viccy Coltman re-evaluates the standard clichés and essentialist interpretations which still inhibit Scottish cultural history during this period of British and imperial expansion. The book incorporates familiar landmarks in Scottish history, such as the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in August 1822, with microhistories of individuals, including George Steuart, a London-based architect, and the East India Company servant, Claud Alexander. It thus highlights recurrent themes within a range of historical disciplines, and by confronting the broader questions of Scotland's relations with the rest of the British state it makes a necessary contribution to contemporary concerns.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Plates
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I Beyond Scotland
• Part II Within Scotland
• Conclusion: Scott-Land
• Bibliography
• Index