Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030284
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.1494
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Title:
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Elvet Bridge, Durham
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Alternate Title:
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Engraving of Elvet Bridge, Durham by E. Francis after W. Westall
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Creator:
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Westall, William
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Associate Creator:
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Francis, Edward
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Associate Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date:
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1829
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Description:
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Depicts the Elvet Bridge with Durham Castle in the background. The city of Durham features in a number of Scott's works, most notably Harold the Dauntless: 'Grey towers of Durham!... | Well yet I love thy mix'd and massive piles, | Half church of God, half castle 'gainst the Scot,' (canto III, pt. 1, lines 1,10-11). Jeannie Deans passes through Durham on her way to London in The Heart of Midlothian (ch. 27), and it also mentioned as the resting place of St Cuthbert in Marmion: 'There, deep in Durham's Gothic shade, | His relics are in secret laid' (canto II, stanza 14, lines 27-28).
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Work Type:
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Engraving
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Measurement:
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19.5 x 12.5cm (7 11/16 x 4 15/16")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Engraving
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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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Source:
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Moule, T. The Landscape Album, or, Great Britain Illustrated: In a Series of Sixty Views. London: Charles Tilt, 1832.
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Subject Person:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Place:
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Durham
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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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Harold the Dauntless
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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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36862984
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Repro Capture Date:
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23/04/2012 13:19:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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