by David L. Witt | Jun 12, 2026 | Curator's Notes, Seton Biography
“Edinburgh, The Tolbooth and Cannongate” by David L. Witt, May 7, 2026. Legal proceedings by George Seton to claim the title of Earl of Winton took place at the Cannongate courthouse in Edinburgh in 1825. I searched for it during a recent visit to that city. I knew...
by David L. Witt | May 29, 2026 | Curator's Notes
Art Historian with Monarch painting Monarch of the Glen, the famous painting of a Red Deer by Edward Landseer, influenced the art of Ernest Thompson Seton. One of the great treasures of Scotland’s National Galleries in the capital of Edinburgh, in person, the portrait...
by David L. Witt | Apr 27, 2026 | Curator's Notes, Seton Biography
“Edinburgh, the Tolbooth and Cannongate” by James Valentine, 1870s. The MacKinnan Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund. An important part of the...
by David L. Witt | Apr 21, 2026 | Curator's Notes, Seton Biography
Cover art, Seton Earls of Winton (2015) George Seton, “The Saddler” (1796-1853) hoped to become Lord Seton, Sixth Earl of Winton. Ernest Thompson Seton’s great grandmother Ann was George’s auntie. Seton (that is, E.T.) had this to say about his ancestry in Trail of an...
by David L. Witt | Dec 30, 2025 | Curator's Notes
Wolf-less mountain in Scotland Ernest Thompson Seton wrote about his connection to Clan Cameron and to the name Seton. Seton-Thompson v. Thompson Seton He was so enamored of his Seton heritage that as a teenager he changed his last name from Thompson to Seton,...
by David L. Witt | Nov 11, 2025 | Curator's Notes
Book cover, The Serviceberry (John Burgoyne, illustrator) I am always on the search for contemporary books addressing themes covered by Seton. For him, the realm of Nature is not only biological but also existing as a moral universe. Another facet of Nature is...
