Gilnockie Tower in 1530, Dumfriesshire

Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895). Oil painting on canvas, Gilnockie Tower in 1530, Dumfrieshire by Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), signed and dated, bottom left: H H Emmerson 1880. A painting of Gilnockie Tower, Dumfrieshire, with a party of border raiders on horseback, returning with a drove of cattle being driven through water in the foreground. Johnnie Armsrong of Gilnockie Tower and his retiue of freebooters are returning to Gilnockie witha drove of cattle after a successful Border raid. He and forty-eight of his followers were hanged near Hawick in the same year on the orders of James V of Scotland. The design of Gilnockie Tower at Cragside (ie Norman's tower which terminates the south front) was based on the 1530 Tower, still standing there at the time. Cragside, Northumberland (Accredited Museum)