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Work Record ID: 
0030600
Licence: 
Shelfmark: 
Corson P.4124
Title: 
Stirling Castle
Alternate Title: 
Lithograph of Stirling Castle by T. Picken after G. F. Robson
Creator: 
Robson, George Fennel
Creator Role: 
Draftsman
Associate Creator: 
Picken, Thomas
Associate Creator Role: 
Lithographer
Associate Creator: 
Day & Son
Associate Creator Role: 
Lithographer
Date: 
1847-1854
Description: 
Depicts a regiment of soldiers patrolling the area around Stirling Castle. The concluding scenes of Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (1810) take place in 'the bulwark of the North, | Grey Stirling, with her towers and town' (canto V, stanza XVIII, lines 34-35). The castle features in a number of Scott's works, most notably Waverley, ch. 38, where the Jacobites guarding Edward Waverley exchange fire with the castle's garrison. The stained glass portraits of Scottish kings in the armoury window at Scott's home of Abbotsford are based on carvings in the presence chamber of Stirling Castle.
Work Type: 
Lithograph
Measurement: 
33.3 x 24.3cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 9/16")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Lithography
Location: 
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
Repository: 
Corson Collection
Source: 
Lawson, J.P. Scotland Delineated: In a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield. London: J. Hogarth, 1847-1854
Subject Person: 
Scott, Walter, Sir
Subject Place: 
Stirling Castle
Subject Category: 
Fiction
Subject Category: 
Poetry
Subject Category: 
Settings
Related Work Title: 
Lady of the Lake, The
Related Work Creator: 
Scott, Walter, Sir
Related Work Title: 
Waverley; or 'Tis Sixty Years Since
Related Work Creator: 
Scott, Walter, Sir
Repro File Type: 
Derivative TIFF
Repro File Size (bytes): 
81251732
Repro Capture Date: 
24/04/2012 16:44:00
Repro Rights Statement: 
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