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Work Record ID: 
0030658
Licence: 
Shelfmark: 
Corson P.552
Title: 
Abernethy Round Tower
Alternate Title: 
Engraved title page and frontispiece of Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth
Creator: 
Paton, Noel
Creator Role: 
Artist
Associate Creator: 
Dickes, William
Associate Creator Role: 
Engraver
Date: 
1851-1853
Description: 
Title page of The Fair Maid of Perth, volume XLIII of a set of the Waverley Novels published by A. & C. Black, depicting Abernethy Round Tower, Perthshire. The Round Tower of Abernethy (near Perth) was built in the ninth century and is one of only two such towers in Scotland. Over 70 feet tall, it was built by monks from the nearby monastery and has served as a place of refuge, a belfry, and a burial chamber. Scott described the Tower in a letter to his son Walter on 14 November 1820 and in a review of Joseph Ritson's Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots for the Quarterly Review in July 1829. The original wood engraving, by William Dickes after Noel Paton, was made for the Abbotsford edition of the Waverley Novels (1842-1847).
Work Type: 
Engraving
Measurement: 
9.7 x 16.3cm (3 13/16 x 6 7/16")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Engraving
Location: 
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
Repository: 
Corson Collection
Source: 
Scott, W. The Fair Maid of Perth. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, [185-?]
Subject Person: 
Scott, Walter, Sir
Subject Place: 
Abernethy
Subject Place: 
Abernethy Round Tower
Subject Category: 
Fiction
Subject Category: 
Settings
Related Work Title: 
Fair Maid of Perth, The
Related Work Creator: 
Scott, Walter, Sir
Repro File Type: 
Derivative TIFF
Repro File Size (bytes): 
24234096
Repro Capture Date: 
24/04/2012 17:12:00
Repro Rights Statement: 
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