COLLECTION NAME:
Walter Scott Image Collection
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Walter Scott Image Collection
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0030444
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Shelfmark:
Corson P.3438
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Corson P.3438
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Title:
Mr. Jeffrey
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Mr. Jeffrey
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Alternate Title:
Engraved portrait of Francis Jeffrey by J. G. Lockhart
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Engraved portrait of Francis Jeffrey by J. G. Lockhart
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Creator:
Lockhart, John Gibson
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Lockhart, John Gibson
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Artist
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Date:
1819
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1819
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Description:
Engraved portrait of the Scottish lawyer and critic Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850). Francis Jeffrey was one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review and responsible for asking his fellow advocate Walter Scott to contribute. The Review flourished with Jeffrey as editor, and he became a powerful and influential critic. Jeffrey reviewed a number of Scott's own works making few concessions to personal friendship. Scott was particularly hurt by his critique of Marmion (1808), feeling that it might have been couched 'in language rather more civil to a personal friend'. While entertaining the highest regard for Jeffrey's talents, Scott felt he lacked 'the taste for poetry which is essentially necessary to enjoy and of course to criticize it with justice', and specifically 'that enthusiastic feeling which like sun-shine upon a landscape lights up every beauty and palliates if it cannot hide ever defect' (letter to Joanna Baillie, 31 October 1808). The signatures P.M. and W. Wastle refer to Peter Morris and William Wastle, both aliases adopted by Lockhart in his Peter's Letters to His Kinfolk (1819). Lockhart, then, appears to have engraved the print after his own design.
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Engraved portrait of the Scottish lawyer and critic Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850). Francis Jeffrey was one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review and responsible for asking his fellow advocate Walter Scott to contribute. The Review flourished with Jeffrey as editor, and he became a powerful and influential critic. Jeffrey reviewed a number of Scott's own works making few concessions to personal friendship. Scott was particularly hurt by his critique of Marmion (1808), feeling that it might have been couched 'in language rather more civil to a personal friend'. While entertaining the highest regard for Jeffrey's talents, Scott felt he lacked 'the taste for poetry which is essentially necessary to enjoy and of course to criticize it with justice', and specifically 'that enthusiastic feeling which like sun-shine upon a landscape lights up every beauty and palliates if it cannot hide ever defect' (letter to Joanna Baillie, 31 October 1808). The signatures P.M. and W. Wastle refer to Peter Morris and William Wastle, both aliases adopted by Lockhart in his Peter's Letters to His Kinfolk (1819). Lockhart, then, appears to have engraved the print after his own design.
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Work Type:
Engraving
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Engraving
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Measurement:
13 x 20.4cm (5 1/8 x 8 1/16")
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13 x 20.4cm (5 1/8 x 8 1/16")
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Material:
Ink
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Ink
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Material:
Paper
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Paper
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Technique:
Engraving
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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:
Lockhart, J. G. Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk. Vol. II. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1819 (facing p. 59)
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Lockhart, J. G. Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk. Vol. II. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1819 (facing p. 59)
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Subject Person:
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord
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Jeffrey, Francis, Lord
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Subject Person:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Category:
Friends and associates
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Friends and associates
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Portraits
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Related Work Title:
[Portraits]
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Repro File Type:
Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
30384784
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Repro Capture Date:
23/04/2012 16:12:00
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23/04/2012 16:12:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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