Record Number: NTD0012

Related Work: Heart of Mid-Lothian, The

Illustration Title/Caption: [Heart of Mid-Lothian]

Keyword(s): Churches & Churchyards - Edinburgh - Prisons & Prisoners

Artist: Alexander Nasmyth

Engraver: William Home Lizars

Work Type: engraving

Size(cm): 6 x 7

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. 12 (title-page vignette)

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.7.a.1821/12

Image File Name: 0007494d.jpg

Notes: Depicts the Old Edinburgh Tolbooth and side of St Giles Cathedral to the right. 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). Vignette also on title-page of 'Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley' (2nd 8vo issue), 12 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1822), vol. 9; and in 'The Waverley Album' (London: Charles Heath, [1832]), with title 'Heart of Mid-Lothian' (see image) and artist given as Peter De Wint and engraver as Charles Heath.

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