Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030374
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.3773
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Title:
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Melrose Abbey
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Alternate Title:
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Engraving of Melrose Abbey by J. Bower
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Creator:
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Bower, John
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Creator Role:
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Printmaker
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Date:
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1852
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Description:
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Depicts the ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders. 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 based on the Abbey, and it is described in detail in Scott's 'Essay on Border Antiquities' (1814). The engraving by John Bower was made from his own design.
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Work Type:
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Engraving
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Measurement:
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10.3 x 16.1cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16")
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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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The History and Antiquities of Melrose, Old Melrose, and Dryburgh Abbeys. Melrose: J. Bower, 1852 (t.p.)
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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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Essay on Border Antiquities
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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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20210476
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Repro Capture Date:
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24/04/2012 15:36:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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