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Record Number: LIW0008

Related Work: Guy Mannering

Illustration Title/Caption: Caerlaverock Castle

Keyword(s): Ellangowan - Castles & Fortresses - Cattle - Lakes - Ruins

Artist: David Roberts

Engraver: Edward Francis Finden

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 8 x 12

Date: 1832

Source Text: Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels, with Descriptions of the Views, 2 vols (London: Charles Tilt, 1832)

Position in Source Text: vol. 1, facing p. 8

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.MAR.1

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Caerlaverock Castle as an equivalent of the old Castle of Ellangowan, with grazing cattle. Accompanying quoted text (p. 8): 'A steep . . . in front of the old castle' [Ch. 4; EEWN 2, 21.33-34]. Legend states published August 1830.

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