In 1851, Robert Macalister , a Scottish Gentleman living in Ireland, took a journey back to his native homeland with the intention of reacquainting himself with old friends, family, villages, and sights.
Having been absent for many years, he found landscapes and people changed, taking wonder in the modernising world whilst dwelling on those that.
By steamboat, train, and omnibus he made his way through an autumnal, industrialising Scotland to Paisley, the town of his birth.
In 1851, Robert Macalister , a Scottish Gentleman living in Ireland, took a journey back to his native homeland with the intention of reacquainting himself with old friends, family, villages, and sights