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Walter Scott Image Collection
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Corson P.1337
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Corson P.1337
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Title:
South Front, Melrose Abbey Church
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South Front, Melrose Abbey Church
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Alternate Title:
Engraving of Melrose Abbey by J. Greig after A. Nasmyth
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Engraving of Melrose Abbey by J. Greig after A. Nasmyth
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Creator:
Nasmyth, Alexander (b.1758, d.1840)
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Nasmyth, Alexander (b.1758, d.1840)
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Creator Nationality:
Scottish
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Scottish
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Artist
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Associate Creator:
Greig, John
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Engraver
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Date:
1814
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1814
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Description:
Depicts the south face of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, with surrounding countryside. Sir Walter Scott coordinated the restoration of Melrose Abbey in 1822. The Abbey features in many of Scott's works, most famously The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805): 'If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, | Go visit it by the pale moonlight [...] | Then view St. David's ruin'd pile; | And, home returning, soothly swear, | Was never scene so sad and fair!' (canto II, stanza I, lines 1-2, 16-18). The religious house of Kennaquhair in The Monastery and The Abbot (both 1820) is also based on the Abbey, and it is described in detail in Scott's 'Essay on Border Antiquities' (1814).
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Depicts the south face of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, with surrounding countryside. Sir Walter Scott coordinated the restoration of Melrose Abbey in 1822. The Abbey features in many of Scott's works, most famously The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805): 'If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, | Go visit it by the pale moonlight [...] | Then view St. David's ruin'd pile; | And, home returning, soothly swear, | Was never scene so sad and fair!' (canto II, stanza I, lines 1-2, 16-18). The religious house of Kennaquhair in The Monastery and The Abbot (both 1820) is also based on the Abbey, and it is described in detail in Scott's 'Essay on Border Antiquities' (1814).
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Engraving
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Measurement:
34.4 x 24.8cm (1' 1 9/16" x 9 3/4")
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34.4 x 24.8cm (1' 1 9/16" x 9 3/4")
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Ink
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Paper
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Engraving
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Location:
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
Corson Collection
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Source:
Scott, W. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, vol. II. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1817 (facing p.96)
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Scott, W. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, vol. II. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1817 (facing p.96)
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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:
Essay on Border Antiquities
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Essay on Border Antiquities
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Related Work Creator:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Related Work Title:
Lay of the Last Minstrel, The
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Monastery, The
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Monastery, The
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Abbot, The
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Abbot, The
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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24/04/2012 16:36:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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