A statue depicting the Declaration of Arbroath is the subject for this week’s highlighted sale.  Situated on the outskirts of Arbroath, where the declaration was made in 1320, the statue makes a simple subject for a photograph.  This picture was licensed by Alamy for use on a keyring. 

The declaration was a declaration of Scotland’s independance and is stirring stuff, “… for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule.  It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom — for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.”  These strong words were forgotten in 1707, obviously.

Declaration of Arbroath To license this image or buy a print, click this Declaration of Arbroath link.

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