Old Ways New Roads:
Travels in Scotland 1720-1832
Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832, a major exhibition postponed due to the pandemic, is now available as an online exhibition which can be explored from wherever you are.
Old Ways New Roads takes users on a journey around many of Scotland’s best-known locations, following in the footsteps of 18th-century travellers. It features paintings, prints, drawings, maps and more, addressing the impact of Scotland's new transport infrastructure on the development of travel, tourism and topographical descriptions between 1720 and 1832.
Old Ways New Roads is accompanied by a publication of the same title, edited by Anne Dulau Beveridge, John Bonehill and Nigel Leask.
Recordings of past online events related to the exhibition can be viewed below.
- Old Ways New Roads Talk Series
- Old Ways New Raods Talks Videos
- Old Ways New Roads Online Book Launch
- Old Ways New Roads: The Musical Tour of the Highlands
Old Ways New Roads News
Long before Outlander, sites made famous by Walter Scott and Ossian were jammed with tourists
The Herald (21 March 2021)
Old Ways New Roads Talks
As part of the Old Ways New Roads event programme, The Hunterian hosted a series of weekly talks featuring speakers from both within the University and outwith. Each talk was hosted virtually over Zoom and the live recordings can be found below.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Professor Nigel Leask
Watch Professor Nigel Leask's talk: 'Elizabeth Diggle's Tour of the Scottish Highlands', recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk series. Nigel is Regius Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow.
Old Ways New Roads Talk with Dr John Bonehill
Enjoy Dr John Bonehill's talk, Mapping the landscape: Paul Sandby's 'View near Loch Rannoch'. This talk was recorded live was part of the Old Ways New Roads Talk Series. Dr Bonehill is lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Mungo Campbell
Watch Mungo Campbell's talk, 'James Miller's watercolour 'Cloyster in Oronsay Monastery', 1775', recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme. Mungo is Deputy Director of The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Professor Murray Pittock
Professor Murray Pittock is Pro-Vice Principal at the University of Glasgow and is the Bradley Chair of English Literature. We are delighted to share his talk, recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme: "If you withdraw the Dragoons, I dare not answer for the Town of Leiths continuing in quiet”: The British Army in Scotland, 1746-60'.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Dominic Paterson
The Hunterian's curator of contemporary art, Dominic Paterson, discusses his upcoming exhibition, 'Dislocations', curated to accompany the Old Ways New Roads exhibition.
Old Ways New Roads Talk with Chris Fleet
Christopher Fleet is Map Curator at the National Library of Scotland, where he has worked since 1994. His main focus has been on digital mapping and the NLS Map Images website. We are delighted that was able to join us and share his talk, 'Johnson’s ‘Plan of Fort William with the Country ajasent’, ca.1710-20', filmed llive as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Professor Christina Young
Enjoy Professor Christina Young's talk, 'Panoramas and Landscapes', filmed live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme. Christina is Professor of Technical Art History at the University of Glasgow.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Mary Ann Constantine
Enjoy Dr. Mary-Ann Constantine's talk, 'New Ways with Old Roads – towards digital editions of Pennant’s Tours of Wales and Scotland', recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme. Mary-Ann is Reader at the University of Wales, Centre of Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Antonis Chaliakopolous
Antonis Chaliakopoulos is an Archaeologist, a Freelance Editor, and a former Hunterian Intern. His talk 'Between Homer and Ossian: The Scotland of Classical Antiquity' draws on the publications he studied during his work placement for The Hunterian and highlights the Scottish reception to classical art in the late 18th century.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Zoi Despoina
Enjoy Zoi Despoina Karaiskou's talk, 'John Clerk of Eldin: 18th century landscape sketching', recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk programme. Zoi is a history of art graduate and worked with Hunterian curator Anne Dulau on a sixth month project in 2020, cataloguing Clerk's texts and notebooks.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Professor Paul Bishop
Enjoy Professor Paul Bishop's talk, 'Tobacco Lord John Glassord closes an Old Way, forcing Drymen's poor coal-getters onto a New Road', recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads talk series. Paul is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Paul has a specific interest in local history and heritage in Scotland and is the Chair of the Scottish Local History Forum.
Old Ways New Roads talk with Christopher Dingwall
Watch independent landscape historian Christopher Dingwall's talk, 'Roads, Bridges and Designed Landscapes on the Highland Circuit'. Christopher has a special interest in garden history and is a trustee and Vice Chairman of Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage. This talk was recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads weekly talk programme.
Old Ways New Roads Talk with Professor Viccy Coltman
Listen to Professor Viccy Coltman's talk, Portable Knick-knacks or the Material Culture of Travel. Professor Coltman is Professor of Eighteenth Century History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. This talk was recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads Talk Series.
Old Ways New Roads Talk with Professor Hugh Cheape
Watch Professor Hugh Cheape's talk, 'There's another road near the Highway': the Ethnology of the 'Old Ways in Gaelic Scotland'. This talk was recorded live as part of the Old Ways New Roads Talk Series. Professor Cheape lectures at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands and also lectures on the Postgraduate Certificate in Scottish Culture and Heritage at The University of Edinburgh.
Insight Talk with Professor John Bonehill (ii)
Watch John Bonehill's talk, 'The artist as eye-witness: Joseph Banks, John Cleveley, and the Millers in the Western Isles'. This talk was recorded live was part of the Old Ways New Roads Talk Series. Dr Bonehill is lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow.
Old Ways New Roads Online Book Launch
The publication which accompanies the forthcoming online exhibition Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832 is available to buy now. To celebrate, The Hunterian hosted an online book launch which you can watch here, featuring an introduction by Hunterian Director Steph Scholten, the publication editors Anne Dulau Beveridge, John Bonehill and Nigel Leask, a live discussion with the contributing authors and a live Q&A with the audience.
The publication, also titled Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832, is published by independent Scottish publisher Birlinn Ltd. llustrated with over 200 artworks from public and private collections, the publication explores how from 1725 onwards, the Scottish landscape was variously documented, evaluated, planned and imagined in words and images. Providing a fascinating insight into the experience of travellers and tourists, it also considers how they impacted on the experience of the Scottish people themselves.
Old Ways New Roads Online Book Launch
Watch now!
Old Ways New Roads: The Musical Tour of the Highlands
'The Musical Tour of the Highlands', chaired by Professor Nigel Leask and Professor Kirsteen McCue of the University of Glasgow is now available to view. This online event was hosted as part of the Old Ways New Roads event programme and features talks from specialists in Scottish song and music of this period, including Karen Macaulay of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and independent collector Bill Zachs.
Old Ways New Roads: The Musical Tour of the Highlands
Watch now!