Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030562
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.1378
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Title:
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South-East View of Melrose Abbey
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Alternate Title:
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Engraving of Melrose Abbey by J. Jackson after N. Whittock
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Creator:
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Whittock, Nathaniel
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Associate Creator:
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Jackson, J.
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Associate Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date:
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1820-1851
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Description:
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Depicts a view of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, from the south east. 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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24.5 x 34.2cm (9 5/8" x 1' 1 7/16")
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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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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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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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Repro File Type:
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Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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55008352
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Repro Capture Date:
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20/04/2012 13:07:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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