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Walter Scott Image Collection
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0030391
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Corson P.1541
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Corson P.1541
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Title:
Melrose Abbey
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Melrose Abbey
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Alternate Title:
Engraving by T. Higham after G. Cattermole of a scene from Scott's novel The Abbot
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Engraving by T. Higham after G. Cattermole of a scene from Scott's novel The Abbot
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Cattermole, George
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Cattermole, George
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Higham, Thomas
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Date:
1845
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1845
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Description:
Depicts Magdalen and Roland Graeme visiting Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, after it has been sacked by the Reformers (The Abbot, ch. 8). Kennaquhair Abbey in Scott's novels The Monastery and The Abbot (both 1820) is generally thought to be based on Melrose Abbey. This engraving illustrates a scene from chapter 13 of The Abbot: 'Magdalen and Roland remained alone in that great vaulted space... and in the pell-mell havoc, the tombs of warriors and of princes had been included in the demolition of the idolatrous shrines. Lances and swords of antique size, which had hung over the tombs of mighty warriors of former days, lay now strewed among relics.' The engraving was first published in the first edition of Leitch Ritchie's Scott and Scotland (1835).
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Depicts Magdalen and Roland Graeme visiting Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, after it has been sacked by the Reformers (The Abbot, ch. 8). Kennaquhair Abbey in Scott's novels The Monastery and The Abbot (both 1820) is generally thought to be based on Melrose Abbey. This engraving illustrates a scene from chapter 13 of The Abbot: 'Magdalen and Roland remained alone in that great vaulted space... and in the pell-mell havoc, the tombs of warriors and of princes had been included in the demolition of the idolatrous shrines. Lances and swords of antique size, which had hung over the tombs of mighty warriors of former days, lay now strewed among relics.' The engraving was first published in the first edition of Leitch Ritchie's Scott and Scotland (1835).
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Engraving
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24.2 x 16.6cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16")
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24.2 x 16.6cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16")
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Paper
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Technique:
Engraving
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Location:
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
Corson Collection
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Corson Collection
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Source:
Stevens, H.I. & A. Scott and Scotland, or, Historical and Romantic Illustrations of Scottish Story. London: H.I. & A. Stevens, 1845 (facing p.107)
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Stevens, H.I. & A. Scott and Scotland, or, Historical and Romantic Illustrations of Scottish Story. London: H.I. & A. Stevens, 1845 (facing p.107)
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Subject Person:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Place:
Melrose Abbey
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Melrose Abbey
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Fiction
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Poetry
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Settings
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Related Work Title:
Abbot, The
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Abbot, The
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Related Work Creator:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Repro Capture Date:
19/04/2012 13:22:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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