Lot 74: Jemima Blackburn, née Wedderburn (1823-1909)

An album of eighty-five drawings and watercolours of Scottish society, animal studies and mythological scenes including: Six skating scenes on the canal in Edinburgh; Three street scenes; The artist and her brother riding outside Edinburgh; A carnival scene; Portrait of John Clerk-Maxwell in plaid; Miss Jeannie Ogilvie riding; Two illustrated fables; Mr and Mrs James Mackenzie and James Clerk-Maxwell with a pony carriage; Peter Blackburn of Killesra and James Mackenzie on horseback with James Clerk-Maxwell beside; Peter Blackburn, James Clerk-Maxwell and others dancing on Dumgun; A sketch of The Duke of Wellington; A sketch of Samuel Rogers; Mr and Mrs James Mackenzie leaving the house of Mrs Mackenzie's mother, 31 Heriot Row; James Clerk-Maxwell asleep; Two studies of a mounted guardsman; Three pictures of the lion tamer Van Ambrough at Edinburgh; Nine watercolours of the artist's family and friends on tour in the Highlands; Fourteen studies of the Blackburn and Mackenzie children; Five watercolour pictures of the Mackenzie family at Leamington; and Three sketches of Madeira
eleven signed with initials and variously 'Jan 1844-1853', four numbered nad extensively inscribed with titles
ten pencil, pen and ink; twenty-five pencil, pen and ink and watercolour; forty-one pencil and watercolour, five with scratching out; four pencil, pen and brown ink and brown wash; one pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm.); and smaller; album 12 1/2 x 11 x 1 3/4 in. (32 x 27.9 x 4.4 cm.) overall; and two shillouettes and fiftysix prints