Record Number: DRY0226

Related Work: Anne of Geierstein

Illustration Title/Caption: Anne and the Black Priest Release Arthur Philipson

Keyword(s): Geierstein, Anne of - Monks & Nuns - Philipson, Arthur (Vere, Arthur de) - Prisons & Prisoners

Artist: Paul Hardy

Engraver: James Davis Cooper

Work Type: wood engraving

Size(cm): 9.4 x 14.2

Date: 1894

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Dryburgh Edition], 25 vols (London & Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1892-94)

Position in Source Text: vol. 23, facing p, 178

Location of Copy: NLS, NG.1179.d

Image File Name: No image available for this record.

Notes: Depicts the Black Priest of St Paul’s (actually Count Albert of Geierstein), in dark habit and cowl, using a dagger to free Arthur Philipson from a dungeon, with Anne of Geierstein holding a lighted brand behind [Ch. 15].

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