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How To Read The Records

Scope

The Illustrating Scott, 1814-1901 database contains just over 1500 records, each describing an illustration relating to the Waverley Novels that was published in print form in Britain during the period surveyed. The database does not attempt to describe systematically illustrations that appeared in other forms, such as separately exhibited paintings and drawings; on a number of occasions, however, paintings and drawings were engraved and printed for larger public consumption, and consequently these images have been included in the database. Additionally, the policy has been to include illustrations found in collected form in books rather than as single prints, though a number of the items included were also marketed and can still be found in that form.

Images included normally depict incidents, characters, and scenes relating to the fictions illustrated, and non-pictorial designs such as maps have been excluded. Illustrations concerned with Scott's poetry are not included, nor normally illustrations of historical events and personages that happen to figure in the Waverley Novels but are not directly related to a specific text. In cases where the same image is found in more than one source, the policy has usually been to create just one entry, normally from the earliest source found, with the Notes field (see below) describing the other occurrences. In some cases, however, dual entries will be found, for instance where reengraving is involved, or where the omission of the second occurrence would limit the record of a significant collected edition.

The largest number of entries (approximately 1075) have been found in collected editions of Scott's fiction, starting with Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue] (1821), taking in the Magnum Opus edition of the Waverley Novels (1829-33) and other sets published by Robert Cadell and later A. & C. Black, and ending with two copiously illustrated sets at the close of the century, the Border and Dryburgh editions. Where feasible, all the illustrations in these sets have been recorded, though in the case of the copiously-illustrated Abbotsford edition (1842-47), which includes nearly two thousand wood engravings, only the steel-engraved plates have been included. Extra-illustrated copies of the novels (where the illustrations have been added after publication) have been generally avoided.

Some 375 further entries have been found in other books devoted to providing illustrations of Scott's fiction, spanning the period from William Allan's Illustrations of the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley (1820), which triggered a number of other ‘Illustrations of' projects in Scott's lifetime, to the long series of exquisitely produced volumes of Engravings sponsored by the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, ending with Six Engravings In Illustration of St. Ronan's Well (1882). Finally, the database includes over 50 entries describing engravings found in early periodicals, including a long sequence found within the pages of The Lady's Magazine between 1819 and 1829, and another batch of fine steel engravings illuminating The Keepsake for 1828, 1829, and 1833. It is quite possible that further such illustrations are to be found in other periodicals and annuals in the period as whole. The database in its present form, however, does not claim to be completely comprehensive, though it is hoped that most of the significant illustrations relating to Scott's fiction are incorporated.

Components of Each Record

A full entry consists of the following 14 fields

  1. Record Number
  2. Related Work
  3. Illustration Title/Caption
  4. Keyword(s)
  5. Artist
  6. Engraver
  7. Work Type
  8. Size (cm)
  9. Date
  10. Source Text
  11. Position in Source Text
  12. Location of Copy
  13. Image File Name
  14. Notes
  1. Record Number
    Identifies each entry, and is also used within the database for purposes of cross-referencing, etc. Each number consists of a three-letter code identifying the source work from which the illustration is taken, followed by a unique number. MAG is thus the 3-letter code for Magnum Opus edition, while 0003 reflects the sequential number within the database's record of Magnum illustrations.
  2. Related Work
    Refers to the actual novel/story by Scott to which the illustration relates. Titles of these works are kept uniform to enable full searching. Where an illustration does not relate to a specific work, this field reads ‘[none]'.
  3. Illustration Title/Caption
    The title wording as found at the foot of the image being described is normally transcribed here, as well as quotations that appear along with (or instead of) a main title, the latter being abbreviated with the use of ellipses when consisting of more than two lines. In some cases, where no suitable title information can be found directly attached to the illustration, the title has been provided from elsewhere, for instance from the List of Plates found elsewhere in a volume, from immediately facing text, or (in a few cases) from another publication containing the same image. In the last case the alternative source is indicated in the Notes field.
  4. Keyword(s)
    Keywords are used to help characterise significant visual components of the item described in the entry and also to enable full keyword searching. The keywords chosen, some 580 in all, describe the characters depicted, key geographical locations, and a range of leading subjects and themes. The online Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1) has proved useful in deciding on terms, but these have been sometimes adjusted to suit the special circumstances of Scott's case, while some other terms are freshly invented. For the spelling of character names the general principle has been to follow M.F.A. Husband, A Dictionary of the Characters in the Waverley Novels (London 1910).
  5. Artist
    The names given match standard forms as found in a number of reference sources. Our first choice has been to use the name as it appears in the Getty Union List of Artist Names Online ( http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan), but in cases where the artist or engraver was not included in the Getty ULAN, we have relied on reference books, including Rodney K. Engen's Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and their Works (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1979) and Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985), as well as Basil Hunnisett's A Dictionary of British Steel Engravers (Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1980). As a result of our reliance on these reference sources, the names appear in standardized form, rather than always matching the form found on the original illustration. Names are filled out where possible, as through the supply of full Christian names in place of initials. Square brackets are not used to distinguish researched from named artists. In cases where no artist can be identified, this field is left blank in the entry.
  6. Engraver
    As above
  7. Work Type
    An attempt is made here to distinguish the method used in producing the illustration. Terms employed include ‘steel engraving', ‘wood engraving', ‘etching', and ‘lithograph'. Where it has been not possible to determine the precise method with certainty, the simpler term ‘engraving' is used.
  8. Size
    Is given in metric terms by centimetres, lengthwise (height) first. In measuring plates, the internal main image is followed, not the overall page size. In the case of images with irregular borders (as with title-page vignettes), the measurement is taken from widest points of the image itself.
  9. Date
    Records the date of publication of the work in which the image appears. In the case of multi-volume sets published over more than one year, the date given will reflect the imprint date of the relevant volume within the set. Where volumes are not individually dated within such sets, research has usually revealed the publication date of the volume. Likewise where individual numbers have been identified within a work with an indistinct overall dating this too has helped identify a precise year. In other cases, where the legend at the foot of each print gives a more precise dating by day, month, and year, this information has been indicated in the Notes field (see below). Where the year on the legend date differs from the publication year of the volume, priority has generally been given to the publication year of the volume in this field. In all ambiguous cases, additional information has been included in the Notes field.
  10. Source Text
    Describes the actual book or edition in which the image has been located. Entries give bibliographical details of the containing work, including title, main publisher, and primary place of publication. In the case of collected editions of the Waverley Novels, where main titles are often identical, a guiding marker is provided in square brackets, e.g. ‘[Magnum Opus edition]'.
  11. Position in Source Text
    Indicates where the illustration is placed in the containing text, while also giving some degree of information about the type of illustration. Instances of main forms used include ‘vol. 2 (frontispiece)'; ‘vol. 2 (title-page vignette)'; ‘[Plate 6]'; and ‘vol. 1, facing p. 2'.
  12. Location of Copy
    Normally consists of the holding library (abbreviated) of the copy used followed by the call number, e.g. ‘NLS, NG.1172.h-i'. Where ‘Corson' is included this denotes that the copy used belongs to the Corson Collection, Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library.
  13. Image File Name
    This field gives the image file jpg identification number for illustrations available in the Walter Scott Digital Archive.
  14. Notes
    This is a flexible field that includes relevant information not captured elsewhere in the database. Normally entries begin with a description of the scene/incident/character(s) illustrated, where possible within a single sentence, usually beginning ‘Depicts'. Wherever possible a reference to the relevant chapter in the related text has been supplied, and in some instances (e.g. where a quotation is given) this is followed by a more precise volume, page, and line reference from the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, ed. David Hewitt and others (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993-2009) [EEWN]. Consecutive chapters used normally relate in all cases to those in EEWN. In the case of The Betrothed, The Talisman, and Woodstock, where no EEWN edition was available, chapter numbers alone are given, as found in the common editions, Other uses for the Notes field include notification of the appearance of an image in other publications and the presence of secondary material relating to an illustration found in facing text. The Notes field also includes further information about the image's production, for example, about the artists and engravers involved, when these fields do not tell the full story. For those images that appeared publicly normally as paintings, prior to or contemporary with the item recorded, information about their exhibition has been included where available.

The Images

The database incorporates some 280 images, all derived from the Corson Collection and also accessible through the Walter Scott Digital Archive based at Edinburgh University Library. These provide illustrative support for approximately 285 of the records, with certain images being replicated between entries when the same illustration relates to different source texts. Where an illustration is available for an entry this is indicated by a small thumbnail version of the image to the left of the shorter record in ‘Search Results'. For full records a larger image is provided to the right of the entry, with the title/caption as found in the source recorded being supplied underneath.

In a number of cases, the image supplied does not derive directly from the source texts used in the database, through the image is substantially the same as those found there. For instance some 50 images included are derived from The Waverley Album (London: Charles Heath [1832]), which itself is an anthology of illustrations originally produced for 12mo, 8vo, and 18mo collected sets of the Waverley Novels, and which in the present database provides images for these sets under the record number prefixes NTD and NTE. In such cases, the actual source for the illustration is indicated in the Notes field, as in ‘Also appears in The Waverley Album (London: Charles Heath, [1832]), facing p. 9 (see image)'. A number of images derived from the Corson Collection are found there in the form of separate prints, and this is similarly indicated on occasions following the form ‘Also appears as a separate print in the Corson Collection (P.3071): see image'.

The field ‘Image File Name' in full entries supplies, where applicable, the image file identification number in the Walter Scott Digital Archive, and, when completed, will offer an active link to the image as contained there. These images, which open in a new window, have a toolbar enabling the user to zoom into an image, reveal the image description and print an A4 size image. This window may be closed to return to return to the Illustrating Scott database.

List Of Abbreviations

  • ABD Aberdeen University Library
  • BL British Library
  • EEWN Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
  • EUL Edinburgh University Library
  • NAL National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum
  • NLS National Library of Scotland
  • NYPL New York Public Library
  • O Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
  • Todd & Bowden William B. Todd and Ann Bowden, Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796-1832 (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998)

Searching & Browsing Records

Illustrating Scott enables users to locate records and interrogate their contents in a variety of ways: by a Simple Search, which allows broad analysis to be conducted through word searches made over a number of fields; Advanced Search, which allows more specialist queries to be made using a variety of specific fields; and through Browse Keywords, which allows searches to be made through some 580 special keywords used to characterize the entries.

Simple Search

This allows searches across text belonging to the following fields: Related Work; Title/Caption; Keywords; Source Text; and Notes. Searches can be made by typing partial words, whole words, or phrases, into the box provided. For the convenience of users, a facility for searching through Keywords via a dropdown box is also provided on the ‘Simple Search' page.

Advanced Search

This allows more specific searches within the following fields: Title/Caption; Date; Related Work; Artist; Engraver; Source Text; and Keyword. In the case of Title, a blank box is provided for users to type in partial/whole words and phrases. In the case of Date, single years can be searched by typing in ‘1829', ‘1871', etc.; though there is no facility to search in terms of inclusive dates. For all other fields, a dropdown box is provided for users to select search names, titles, and terms.

Browse Keywords

This allows a full listing of Keywords, each forming an active link for users. Keywords are organized alphabetically under the following categories: Animals; Events; Objects; People; Places; and Themes. By far the largest of these, ‘People', chiefly consists of character names (standardized to facilitate searching), though this category also incorporates a number of generic terms such as ‘beggars'.

Search Results

All queries lead to ‘Search Results', with a negative return being indicated by ‘No entries found'. Entries in ‘Search Results' are truncated and consist of just four fields: Related Work; Illustration Title/Caption; Artist & Engraver; and Source Text. When there are multiple entries as a result of a search, these are organized alphabetically by Related Work, and within Related Work by ascending date . To view full details for any single entry, click ‘Show' at the foot of the shorter entry in ‘Search Results'. A return from a full entry to ‘Search Results' can be achieved by clicking ‘Back' at the foot of the full entry.

Sources Used For The Database

Repositories

Corson Collection, Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh.
Bernard Lloyd Scott Collection, Special Collections, University of Aberdeen Library.
National Library of Scotland.
British Library.
Bodleian Library, Oxford.
New York Public Library.
National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum.

Collected Editions [with abbreviations and inclusive record numbers used]

Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 16 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1821) [NTD0001-0016]
Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 8 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1822) [NTD0017-0024].
Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 9 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1824) [NTD0025-0033].
Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 9 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1827) [NTD0034-0042].
Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley [16mo issue], 8 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833) [NTD0043-0050].

Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 12 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1823) [NTE0001-0012].
Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 6 vols (Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1824) [NTE0013-0018].
Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 7 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1825) [NTE0019-0025].
Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 7 vols (Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1828) [NTE0026-0032].
Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 6 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833) [NTE0033-NTE0038].

Waverley Novels [Magnum Opus edition], 48 vols (Edinburgh: Cadell & Company, 1829-33). [MAG0001-0096].
Waverley Novels [Fisher Edition], 48 vols (London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836-39) [FIS0001-0068, FIS0070-136].
Waverley Novels [Cabinet Edition], 25 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1841-43) [CAB0001-0027].
Waverley Novels [People's Edition] (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1842-47) [PEO0001-0006].
Waverley Novels [Abbotsford Edition], 12 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1842-47 [ABB0001-0121].
Waverley Novels [Library Edition], 25 vols (Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1852-53) [LIB0001-0050].
Waverley Novels [Centenary Edition], 25 vols (Edinbugh: A. & C. Black, 1870-71) [CEN0001-0050].
Waverley Novels [Border Edition], ed. Andrew Lang, 48 vols (London: John C. Nimmo, 1892-94) [BOR0001-0251].
Waverley Novels [Dryburgh Edition), 25 vols (London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1892-94 [DRY0001-0250].

Primary Works

Illustrations of the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley from Designs by William Allan (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1820) [ILN001-0013].
Ivanhoe, A Romance by the Author of Waverley, Illustrated with Engravings by Charles Heath from Drawings by Richard Westall, Esq., R.A. (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1820) [ILI0001-0007].
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, by the Author of ‘Waverley' Illustrated with Engravings by Charles Heath, from Drawings by Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1821) [ILG0001-0007].
Kenilworth a Romance by the Author of Waverley, Ivanhoe, &c. Illustrated with Engravings by Eminent Artists from Drawings by Charles Robert Leslie (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1821) [ILK0001-0007].
The Monastery, a Romance by the Author of ‘Waverley' Illustrated with Engravings by Charles Heath, from Drawings by Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1821) [ILM0001-0007].
The Abbot, a Romance, by the Author of ‘Waverley', Illustrated with Engravings by Charles Heath, from Paintings by Henry Corbould (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1824) [ILA0001-0002].
[Illustrations of The Pirate], (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1825 [ILP0001-0003].
The Lithographic Album of Sir Walter Scott's Readers, or 12 Sketches by the Following Distinguished Artists R. P. Bonington, P. Delaroche, E. Lami (London: Colnaghi Son et Co., 1829) [LAL0001-0009].
A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities alluded to in the Waverley Novels Etched from Original Drawings by James Skene, Esq. (Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1829[-1831]) [SKE0001-0063].
Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels, with Descriptions of the Views, 2 vols (London: Charles Tilt, 1832) [LIW0001-0080].
W. H. Harrison, Christmas Tales, Historical and Domestic (London: Jennings & Chaplin, [1833]) [CHT0001-0006].
Portraits of the Principal Female Characters in the Waverley Novels; To Which Are Added Landscape Illustrations of The Highland Widow, Anne of Geierstein, Fair Maid of Perth, Castle Dangerous (London: Charles Tilt, 1834) [POR0001-0039].
Leitch Ritchie, Scott and Scotland (London: Longman, 1835) [SSR0001-0012].
The Waverley Keepsake (London: R. A. Charlton, [1837]) [WAK0001-0006].
The Waverley Gallery of Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Romances (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841) [WAG0001-0036].
H. I. and A. Stevens, Scott and Scotland; or, Historical and Romantic Illustrations of Scottish Story, with thirty-one beautiful engravings (London: H. I & A. Stevens, 1845) [SSS0001-0003].
Eight Engravings in Illustration of Waverley for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1865) [EWA0001-0008].
Six Engravings in Illustration of Guy Mannering for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1866) [EGM0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of The Antiquary for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1867) [EAN0001-00006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of Rob Roy for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1868) [ERR0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of Old Mortality for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1869) [EOM0001-0006].
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott and Five Engravings in Illustration of The Pirate for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1871) [EPI0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of The Heart of Midlothian for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1873) [EHM0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of The Bride of Lammermoor for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1875) [EBL0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of Redgauntlet for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1876) [ERE0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of A Legend of Montrose for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1877) [ELM0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of The Fair Maid of Perth for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1878) [EFM0001-0006].
Six Engravings in Illustration of St. Ronan's Well for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1882) [ESR0001-0007].

Periodical Publications

The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (London, 1770-1819), vol. 50, no. 8 (August 1819) to no. 13 (Supplement) [LAD0001-0006].
The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, new series (London, 1820-29), vol. 1, no. 1 (February 1820) to vol. 10 (31 December 1829) [LAD0007-0046].
The Keepsake for 1828 (London: Hurst, Chance, & Co, 1827) [KEP0001].
The Keepsake for 1829 (London: Hurst, Chance, & Co, 1828) [KEP0006-0008].
The Keepsake for 1833 (London: Longman & Co., 1832) [KEP0002-0005].

Other Primary Works Consulted [not directly used for entries]

Sixteen Engravings from Real Scenes supposed to be described in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1821) [comprising illustrations used for Novels and Tales of The Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 16 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1821) and Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley (2nd 8vo issue), 12 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1822): see NTD0001-0016].
A New Series of Illustrations of the Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley, entitled Ivanhoe, The Monastery, The Abbot, and Kenilworth Engraved by the Most Eminent Artists, from Painting by T. Stothard, A. Cooper, H. Howard, and W. Brockendon (London: Hurst, Robinson and Co. [comprising illustrations used for Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 6 vols (Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1824: see NTE0013-0018].
The Waverley Album: Containing Fifty-one Line Engravings to Illustrate the Novels and Tales of Sir Walter Scott (London: Charles Heath [1832]) [comprising illustrations for the 12mo, 8vo, and 18mo sets of Novels and Tales of The Author of Waverley and its counterparts: see NTD and NTE entries passim].
Landscape-Historical Illustrations of Scotland and the Waverley Novels (London: Fisher, [1836-1838] [comprising illustrations used for the Fisher Edition of the Waverley Novels (London, 1836-39): see FIS entries passim].
Charles Rogers, The Centenary Garland: being illustrations of the novels of Sir Walter Scott, in their order of publication (Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1871) [comprising 54 illustrations originating from the Fisher Edition, half by George Cruikshank].

Manuscripts

Index Cards of James C. Corson relating to Artists and Engravers, Corson Collection, Edinburgh University Library [three boxes].
Inventory of A. & C. Black (Walter Scott Publication Records), National Library of Scotland, MS Acc.9765.

Secondary Works

Richard D. Altick, Painting from Books: Art and Literature in Britain, 1760-1900 (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1985).
Charles Baile de Laperriere, The Royal Scottish Academy exhibitors, 1826-1990: a dictionary of artists and their work in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy, 4 vols (Calne, Wilts.: Hilmarton, 1991).
Rodney K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers, and their Works (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1979).
Rodney K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985).
Peter Garside, ‘Picturesque figure and landscape: Meg Merrilies and the gypsies', in The Politics of the Picturesque, ed. Stephen Copley and Peter Garside (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 145-74.
Bamber Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints (London: Thames and Hudson, 1986; reprinted 1991).
The Getty Union List of Artist Names Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/.
Catherine Gordon, The Lamp of Memory—Scott and the Artist (Derby: Derbyshire Museum Service, 1979).
Algernon Graves, The British Institution, 1806-1867. A complete dictionary of contributors and their work from the foundation of the Institution (London: George Bell & Algernon Graves, 1908).
Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts. A complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, 8 vols (London: Henry Graves and Co., 1905-06).
H. J. C. Grierson and others (eds), The Letters of Sir Walter Scott, 12 vols (London: Constable, 1932-37).
Richard J. Hill, The Illustration of the Waverley Novels in Scotland: Walter Scott's Contribution to the Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Novel (University of Edinburgh PhD, 2005).
Basil Hunnisett, A Dictionary of British Steel Engravers (Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1980).
M. F. A. Husbands, A Dictionary of the Characters in the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott (London: Routledge, 1910).
Ruth M. McAdams, The Posthumous British Editions of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels, 1832-71, and the Evolution of his Literary Legacy (University of Edinburgh MPhil, 2008).
------, ‘Publishing Abbotsford: Walter Scott's Literary Legacy and the Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels (Edinburgh: R. Cadell, 1842-1847), Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, no. 3 (2008), 12-37.
Jane Millgate, Scott's Last Edition: A Study in Publishing History (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1987).
Francis Russell, Portraits of Sir Walter Scott, A Study of Romantic Portraiture (London: White Brothers, 1987).
William B. Todd and Ann Bowden, Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796-1832 (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998).

How To Cite The Database

General references to the database should use the following formula:

Peter Garside and Ruth M. McAdams, Illustrating Scott: A Database of Printed Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, 1814-1901 < http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk> [date accessed]
For example: ‘For a record of illustrations to Scott's Magnum Opus edition of the Waverley Novels, see Peter Garside and Ruth M. McAdams, Illustrating Scott: A Database of Printed Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, 1814-1901 < http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk> [1 October 2009]
Subsequent references to the database can be truncated to Illustrating Scott.

References to specific records within the database might read:

‘See the record for Gilbert Stuart Newton's illustration to vol. 2 of the Magnum Opus edition of the Waverley Novels, in Peter Garside and Ruth M. McAdams, Illustrating Scott: A Database of Printed Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, 1814-1901 < http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk> [1 October 2009]: MAG0003.'
with subsequent citations as follows:
‘See the record for Gilbert Stuart Newton's illustration to vol. 2 of the Magnum Opus edition of the Waverley Novels, Illustrating Scott: MAG0003.'

History Of The Project

Illustrating Scott: A Database of Printed Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, 1814-1901 was researched and created in a one-year period (September 2008 to August 2009), supported by a British Academy Small Research Grant. Its roots lie deeper, however, both in terms of the personnel involved and the project's base at the University of Edinburgh. Peter Garside has spent a career studying Scott, with a special interest in publishing history and textual editing. At the outset of the project, Ruth M. McAdams had recently completed her M.Phil. dissertation on posthumous editions of the Waverley Novels to 1871.

The Centre for the History of the Book also provided an ideal base for the project, having built up a body of expertise through the preparation and ongoing publication of the History of the Book in Scotland. Another major support was provided by the Collection of Scott-related materials assembled by James C. Corson, sold to the University by an agreement in 1978, and transferred to the Library in 1989, and maintained by a sizeable estate bequeathed by Dr Corson's widow. Many materials in the Corson Collection, including a large and diverse group of illustrations relating to Scott and his writings, had already been made accessible to the public through the development of the Walter Scott Digital Archive's Image Collection, which provides links to the Illustrating Scott website, where they are available.

Regular meetings have been held from the onset of the project in September 2008 to discuss the structure of the database and its entries, strategies for locating relevant illustrations, and the development of the website. By October the database design had been finalised using Microsoft Access, and the first phase of inputting concentrated on illustrations from works published to 1832 (the year of Scott's death), including the influential Magnum Opus collected edition begun in 1829 and completed in 1833. Following on from this, illustrations that appeared in posthumous collected editions up to 1871 were entered, along with those from a number of key separate free-standing publications (such as Portraits of the Principal Female Characters in the Waverley Novels, 1834). Searches in this phase also included several contemporary periodicals, notably The Lady's Magazine and The Keepsake.

In early Spring 2009, by which time there were over 800 entries, the Access database was converted into an online facility, edited exclusively by the compilers, and the inputting of entries during the final phase, concentrating on sets from 1871 to the end of the century, was conducted online. From May 2009 onward, fuller consideration was given the final manifestation of the database as searchable public website.

Our research also led to a number of libraries outside Edinburgh, with visits to the British Library (November 2008); the New York Public Library (December 2008), the Bodleian Library, Oxford (May 2009), Aberdeen University Library (June 2009), and the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (July 2009).

Flora In The Glen

'Flora in the Glen of Glennaquoich', engraved by Charles Heath after Charles Robert Leslie. From: The Waverley Album (London: C. Heath, 1832)


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