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Walter Scott Image Collection
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Walter Scott Image Collection
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Corson P.4099
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Corson P.4099
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Title:
Isle of Staffa
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Isle of Staffa
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Alternate Title:
Lithograph of the Isle of Staffa by E. Walker after W. A. Nesfield
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Lithograph of the Isle of Staffa by E. Walker after W. A. Nesfield
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Creator:
Nesfield, William Andrews
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Nesfield, William Andrews
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Creator Role:
Draftsman
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Draftsman
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Associate Creator:
Walker, Edmund
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Walker, Edmund
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Lithographer
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Day & Son
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Day & Son
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Lithographer
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Date:
1847-1854
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1847-1854
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Description:
Depicts the basalt cliffs and caves of the Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. Sir Walter Scott visited the Isle of Staffa in 1810 and declared it 'one of the most extraordinary places I ever beheld' which 'exceeded in my mind every description I had heard of it' (Letter to Joanna Baillie, July 19, 1810). He was particularly struck by Fingal's Cave: 'the appearance of the cavern composed entirely of basaltic pillars as high as the roof of a cathedral and running deep into the rock, eternally swept by a deep and swelling sea, and paved as it were with ruddy marble baffles all description'. He subsequently described Fingal's Cave in The Lord of the Isles (1815), canto IV, stanza X: 'that wondrous dome, | Where, as to shame the temples deck'd | By skill of earthly architect, | Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise | A Minster to her Maker's p raise!' (lines 13-17). The island and its caves are further celebrated in 'Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa' (1814).
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Depicts the basalt cliffs and caves of the Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. Sir Walter Scott visited the Isle of Staffa in 1810 and declared it 'one of the most extraordinary places I ever beheld' which 'exceeded in my mind every description I had heard of it' (Letter to Joanna Baillie, July 19, 1810). He was particularly struck by Fingal's Cave: 'the appearance of the cavern composed entirely of basaltic pillars as high as the roof of a cathedral and running deep into the rock, eternally swept by a deep and swelling sea, and paved as it were with ruddy marble baffles all description'. He subsequently described Fingal's Cave in The Lord of the Isles (1815), canto IV, stanza X: 'that wondrous dome, | Where, as to shame the temples deck'd | By skill of earthly architect, | Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise | A Minster to her Maker's p raise!' (lines 13-17). The island and its caves are further celebrated in 'Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa' (1814).
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Lithograph
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Measurement:
33.3 x 24.3cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 9/16")
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33.3 x 24.3cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 9/16")
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Material:
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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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
Corson Collection
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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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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Place:
Staffa
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Staffa
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Subject Category:
Poetry
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Poetry
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Subject Category:
Settings
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Settings
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Subject Category:
Voyages and travels
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Voyages and travels
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Related Work Title:
Lord of the Isles, The
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Lord of the Isles, The
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Related Work Creator:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Related Work Title:
Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa
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Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Repro Capture Date:
20/04/2012 13:15:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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