Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030550
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.1337
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Title:
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South Front, Melrose Abbey Church
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Alternate Title:
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Engraving of Melrose Abbey by J. Greig after A. Nasmyth
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Creator:
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Nasmyth, Alexander (b.1758, d.1840)
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Creator Nationality:
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Scottish
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Associate Creator:
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Greig, John
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Associate Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date:
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1814
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Description:
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Depicts the south face of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, with surrounding countryside. 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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Work Type:
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Engraving
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Measurement:
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34.4 x 24.8cm (1' 1 9/16" x 9 3/4")
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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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Scott, W. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, vol. II. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1817 (facing p.96)
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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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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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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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79004108
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Repro Capture Date:
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24/04/2012 16:36:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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