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Walter Scott Image Collection
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Shelfmark:
Corson P.4086
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Corson P.4086
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Title:
Melrose Abbey: From the South
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Melrose Abbey: From the South
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Lithograph of Melrose Abbey by E. Walker after D. Roberts
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Lithograph of Melrose Abbey by E. Walker after D. Roberts
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Creator:
Roberts, David
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Roberts, David
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Draftsman
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Walker, Edmund
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Lithographer
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Day & Son
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Date:
1847-1854
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1847-1854
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Description:
Depicts a view of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, taken from the south. 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 a view of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, taken from the south. 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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Lithograph
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Measurement:
33.3 x 24.4cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 5/8")
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33.3 x 24.4cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 5/8")
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Ink
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Paper
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Technique:
Lithography
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Lithography
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Location:
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
Corson Collection
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Source:
Lawson, J.P. Scotland Delineated: In a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield. London: J. Hogarth, 1847-1854
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Lawson, J.P. Scotland Delineated: In a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield. London: J. Hogarth, 1847-1854
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Subject Person:
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:
Lay of the Last Minstrel, The
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Related Work Creator:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Related Work Title:
Monastery, The
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Monastery, The
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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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Essay on Border Antiquities
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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20/04/2012 13:07:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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