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Record Number: NTD0016

Related Work: Legend of Montrose, A

Illustration Title/Caption: [Old Inverary]

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses

Artist: Alexander Nasmyth

Engraver: William Home Lizars

Work Type: engraving

Size(cm): 6 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. 16 (title-page vignette)

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.7.a.1821/16

Image File Name: 0007588d.jpg


Notes: Depicts old Inverary Castle. 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. 12; and in 'The Waverley Album' (London: Charles Heath, [1832]), facing p. 24, titled there 'Old Inverary' (see image), and with artist given as Peter De Wint and engraver as Charles Heath.

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