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Record Number: CEN0005

Related Work: Antiquary, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Sir Arthur and Douterswivel Searching for the Treasure

Keyword(s): Churches & Churchyards - Douterswivel, Hermann - Utensils - Wardour, Sir Arthur

Artist: No Artist

Engraver: Brothers Dalziel

Work Type: wood engraving

Size(cm): 12.4 x 8

Date: 1871

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Centenary Edition] (Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1870-71)

Position in Source Text: vol. 3 (frontispiece)

Location of Copy: EUL, RB.S.280-302

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Sir Arthur Wardour and Douterswivel standing in the ruins of St Ruth's with a fire and several tools at their feet. Accompanying quoted text: '"What was that echo? . . . the terrified adept.' [Ch. 21; EEWN 3, 172.11-22]. This vol. is missing in NLS copy used for entries elsewhere for this edition; the date 1871 (rather than 1870) for this vol. reflects that the EUL copy was a later reprinting.

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