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A shepherd's family saying grace at the meal table with a sheep dog sitting under the father's chair. Mezzotint with engraving by Edward Burton, 1851, after Alexander George Fraser.

Charles Macintosh. Mezzotint by E. Burton after J. G. Gilbert.

A young woman carrying a bundle of ferns on her back. Engraving by Edward Burton after Robert Herdman.

Three brigands on a mountain pass preparing their crossbows for an attack. Mezzotint by E. Burton after James Drummond.

A girl sits by the dying embers of a fire on the floor in a Highland hut; a baby is asleep in the crib behind her. Mezzotint by Edward Burton after William Simson.

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Burton, Edward, approximately 1819-1899.

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A shepherd's family saying grace at the meal table with a sheep dog sitting under the father's chair. Mezzotint with engraving by Edward Burton, 1851, after Alexander George Fraser.

A young woman carrying a bundle of ferns on her back. Engraving by Edward Burton after Robert Herdman.

Three brigands on a mountain pass preparing their crossbows for an attack. Mezzotint by E. Burton after James Drummond.

Charles Macintosh. Mezzotint by E. Burton after J. G. Gilbert.

A girl sits by the dying embers of a fire on the floor in a Highland hut; a baby is asleep in the crib behind her. Mezzotint by Edward Burton after William Simson.