3-034-606 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne at "Rest and Be Thankful", near Inverary, 1871. 'When her Royal Highness, with her noble husband the Marquis of Lorne, were approaching the castle of his father and forefathers, the Dukes of Argyll, their road lay from Arroquhar...to Inverary, a distance of twenty miles, crossing the width of the peninsula which divides Loch Long from Loch Fyne, and rounding the head of Loch Fyne. It passes through Glencroe...a grandly desolate scene - a glen six miles in length, guarded on the right hand by the bold and grotesque peak of Ben Arthur. At the top of the steep ascent is a stone seat, with the inscription, "Rest and be Thankful." The Princess and her husband were, no doubt, properly thankful for the invitation; but they did not stop to rest, for several good reasons. It was raining very hard; they were not at all tired; they were seated in a comfortable barouche drawn by four greys, and they were so eager to get home - to her new home in Scotland, which she had never before seen - that they actually got there half an hour before they were expected. The Princess was met with a hearty welcome, both for her own sake and the Queen's sake, as well as for the sake of her husband and his ancient house'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.