Stewart Carmichael

Stewart Carmichael (8 February 1867, Dundee – 1950) was a painter, illustrator, and architect associated with the Celtic Revival, informed by Symbolism and studies on the Continent, and interested in themes from Scottish history and in political subjects. In Erskine’s magazines, he was credited as ‘Stiùbhard Mac Gille-Mhìcheil.’

Artworks in Erskine’s Magazines

An Ròsarnach, Volume II (1918)

  • ‘Buaidh!’ [Victory!], opening image
  • ‘Eideard Brus, Ard-Rìgh nan Èireannach’ [Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland], for an essay by Hector MacDougall
  • ‘An Sean Mhaighstir-Sgoil’ [The Old Schoolmaster], for a memoir by Donald Macphie
  • ‘Cead Deireannach nam Beann’ [Final Farewell to the Bens], for a song by Donald MacRae

An Ròsarnach, Volume III (1921)

An Ròsarnach, Volume IV (1930)

  • ‘Ceann-Dealbh’ [Opening Image, ‘’S I Ghàidhlig a Thug Buaidh, ’s Cha Tèid a Glòir air Chall’], for an essay by Donald Sinclair
  • ‘Virgil’, for an essay by Neil Ross
  • “Air Falbh a Bha Mi mar a’ Ghaoth” [“I Was Gone as the Wind”], for a story by Hector MacDougall

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