Record Number: NTD0006
Related Work: Antiquary, The
Illustration Title/Caption: [Abbey of Aberbrothock]
Keyword(s): Monasteries
Artist: Alexander Nasmyth
Engraver: William Home Lizars
Work Type: engraving
Size(cm): 7 x 8
Date: 1821
Source Text: Novels and Tales of The Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 16 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1821)
Position in Source Text: vol. 6 (title-page vignette)
Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.7.a.1821/6
Image File Name: 0007367d.jpg
Notes: Depicts the Abbey of Aberbrothock (Arbroath), as an equivalent of Saint Ruth's Priory. Illustration caption as given in 'Sixteen Engravings from Real Scenes Supposed to be Described in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley' (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1821); also appears in 'The Waverley Album' (London: Charles Heath, [1832]), facing p. 10, there titled 'The Ruins of St Ruth' (see image) and with artist given as Peter De Wint and engraver as Charles Heath.
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