by David L. Witt | Jun 25, 2026 | Curator's Notes
George, Fifth Lord Seton and his family by Frans Pourbus the Elder. Image courtesy of the National Museums of Scotland Ernest Thompson Seton’s ancestor George Seton, surrounded by his family sat for a portrait in 1572. George Seton had survived the Battle of Langside...
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,...
