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| Jemima Blackburn - many admirers |
IF she had been alive today, one woman might have been particularly apprehensive about the residential development proposed for Commando Rock in the Scottish Highlands (see previous blog).
It was here that Edinburgh-born Jemima Blackburn developed her skills watching and sketching birds.
Though now almost forgotten, Jemima (1823-1909) was a superb artist - her best known works being published in a book called Birds Drawn from Nature (1868).
Author-illustrator Beatrix Potter was one of her biggest admirers and named her best-known creation Jemima Puddle-duck in her honour.
Others who admired her work were the novelists, Thackeray and Trollope, plus essayist John Ruskin.
Jemima's acquaintance and long love of Commando Rock came after her husband, mathematician Hugh Blackburn bought it as part of the Rothven estate.
* Keep watching this blog for a further report about the great Scottish artist
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| Jemima's study of a Tawny Owl |
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