Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030018
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.5203
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Title:
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[Oil painting of Melrose Abbey after D. Roberts]
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Creator:
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Unknown
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Creator Role:
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Copyist
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Associate Creator:
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Roberts, David
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Associate Creator Role:
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Artist
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Date:
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Circa 1824
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Description:
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Depicts the ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders. The description of a moonlit Melrose Abbey in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel (canto II, stanza 1), and its further depiction in The Monastery and The Abbot (both 1820), led to it becoming a popular destination for sightseers. The original painting by Roberts was exhibited at the Society of British Artists in 1824. Cf. Guiterman, H. and Llewellyn, B. (eds). David Roberts (Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986).
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Work Type:
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Painting
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Measurement:
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27 x 36cm (10 5/8" x 1' 2 3/16")
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Material:
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Oil Paint
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Material:
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Pasteboard
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Technique:
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Oil Painting
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Location:
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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
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Corson Collection
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Subject Person:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Place:
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Melrose Abbey
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Subject Category:
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Fiction
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Subject Category:
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Poetry
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Subject Category:
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Settings
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Related Work Title:
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Lay of the Last Minstrel, The
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Related Work Creator:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Related Work Title:
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Monastery, The
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Related Work Creator:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Related Work Title:
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Abbot, The
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Related Work Creator:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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115502228
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Repro Capture Date:
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23/04/2012 11:16:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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