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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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