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Tom Normand

Memory, Myth and Melancholy:
Calum Colvin’s Ossian project and the tropes of Scottish photography

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Ossian Singing Figure 4b (reference p. 91) Alexander Runciman, Ossian Singing, painted sketch, ca.1772, Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Patrick Byrne
 Figure 15 (reference p. 91) Hill & Adamson, Patrick Byrne, 1845, Courtesy of the University of St. Andrews Library.
Ian Hamilton Family with bust of Rousseau Figure 16 (reference p. 91) Robin Gillanders, Ian Hamilton Finlay with bust of Rousseau, 2004, Private Collection.
Glencoe Figure 17 (reference p. 93) James Valentine, Glencoe, n.d., Courtesy of the University of St. Andrews Library.
Loch Ossian Figure 18 (reference p. 93) Robert Moyes Adam, Loch Ossian, 1933, Courtesy of the University of St. Andrews Library.
Scota 01
Figure 20 (reference p. 97) Calum Colvin, Scota 01, 2002, Courtesy of the artist.
Melancolia I
 Figure 21 (reference p. 97) Albrecht Durer, 'Melancolia I', 1514, Private Collection.

 

Figure 24 (reference p. 97) Calum Colvin, Fragments I to VIII, 2002, Courtesy of the artist.

Fragment I
Figure 24a

Fragment II
Figure 24b

Fragment III
Figure 24c

Fragment IV
Figure 24d

Fragment V
Figure 24e

Fragment VI
Figure 24f

Fragment VII
Figure 24g

Fragment VIII
Figure 24h


Portrait of Robert Burns

 Figure 27 (reference p. 91, 94) Calum Colvin, Portrait of Robert Burns, 2002, Courtesy of the artist.
Robert Burns Figure 28 (reference p. 94) Archibald Skirving, Robert Burns, 1796, Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland.