A CELEBRATION of the work of artist Violet Jacob is to be held at the House of Dun, Montrose.

Violet Jacob was born into the Kennedy-Erskine family who had owned the Dun estate for hundreds of years.

She married Major Arthur Jacob in 1894 and travelled with him to India where she painted many rare flowers and kept a dairy of all her observations.

During the first world war she lost her only child, Harry, when he died of wounds received at the Somme in 1916.

She spent much of her life away from Angus, only returning when her husband died in 1936.

As a child she learned to speak Scots because she was “aye in and oot amo’ the ploomen’s feet.”

In other words, she spent a great deal of time hanging about with the ploughmen on the estate’s main farm.

Singer-musician Jim Penny, a local exponent of Violet’s work, harpist Mhairi Britton and Angus Folk members will contribute to the programme.

Tickets for the event on Friday May 9 at 7.30pm are available from Angus Folk members, by calling 07842 227202, Emailing info@angusfolk.org or at the door.