NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
British Sign Language Tour | National
Enjoy this British Sign Language (BSL) tour of Scottish artworks from the National gallery.
You can follow the tour in the gallery using your own smartphone or watch at home to explore some of the most fascinating artworks from the Scottish collection.
The tour includes 10 stops (subtitled videos) and can be accessed via Smartify and YouTube.
If you’re using this in the gallery, look out for a BSL icon to identify artworks on the tour.
To find out more about our regular, in-gallery Deaf-led tours or to book a guided session for your group please contact learning@nationalgalleries.org or visit: British Sign Language | National Galleries of Scotland.
1h
Stops
Welcome
Room 1
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1:07
Robert Burns, The Hunt, about 1926
Room 1
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2:48
Alexander Nasmyth, Princes Street with the Commencement of the Building of the Royal Institution (1825)
Room 3
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3:16
Phoebe Anna Traquair, The Progress of a Soul, 1893-1902
Room 4
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4:00
Sir James Guthrie, A Hind's Daughter, 1883
Room 5
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2:53
William McTaggart, The Coming of Saint Columba, 1895
Room 6
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2:57
Sir William Fettes Douglas, The Spell, 1864
Room 7
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2:56
James Drummond, The Porteous Mob, 1855
Room 8
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2:53
Sir Edwin Landseer, The Monarch of the Glen, about 1851
Room 9
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3:40
Walter Geikie, The Fruit Seller, 1824
Room 10
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2:19
Sir Henry Raeburn, Reverend Robert Walker (1755 - 1808), Skating on Duddingston Loch, about 1795
Room 20
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3:14