Physical description: print has been pasted onto the page opposite the frontis of, "A Book of Highland Minstrelsy", 1846.
Inscription: on a flyleaf, The portrait of the Authoress, facing the Title Page, was Talbotyped by Mr N. Henneman from a miniature by R. Thorburn. W.S. London - Aug. 10. 1847. [William Stirling Maxwell]
Robert Thorburn (1818-1885) was a Scottish miniature portrait painter. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1848.
The author and poet, Eliza Anne Ogilvy (1822-1912) was born in India to Scottish parents. Her second publication, A Highland Minstrelsy , published in 1846, was a collection of poems that was favourably received at the time.
