ABSTRACT
This chapter argues its inclusion symbolised Innes's appreciation for Scotland's medieval and early modern history, represented by architecture and rendered attractive through its depiction in a pleasingly picturesque manner. The image was a celebration of Scotland's past from a specifically visual perspective and exemplified an important aspect of Innes's view of Scottish history; his sense of the aesthetic value of the past. The main stimulant for this historical imagination was, for Innes, the architecture of the medieval and early modern periods. Moreover, the illustrated editions of Scott's novels published in Edinburgh in the early 1830s were a watershed moment in the relationship between illustration and history in Scotland. Whilst this may be overstating the case, Innes's 'view' of Scottish history was arguably just that: a sense of the past that was constructed in visual as well as conceptual terms. This was articulated through book illustrations and via his involvement with Scotland's early photographic movement.
