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Record Number: ESR0003

Related Work: Saint Ronan's Well

Illustration Title/Caption: Shaws Castle (Traquair House, with Gateway)

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Rivers & Streams

Artist: George Reid

Engraver: Thomas Brown

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 23.5 x 18

Date: 1882

Source Text: Six Engravings in Illustration of St. Ronan’s Well for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1882)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 1]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.RAPFAS.23

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts (fictional) Shaws Castle, and gateway with decorative bears, as modelled on Traquair House in Peeblesshire, with a river flowing in front [Ch. 20]. Matches #BOR0175, but with different engraver.

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