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Record Number: LIW0027

Related Work: Heart of Mid-Lothian, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Durham

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Cattle - Churches & Churchyards

Artist: George Fennel Robson

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. 27

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

Image File Name: 0007461d.jpg


Notes: Depicts view of Durham, with the castle and cathedral, with grazing cattle in the foreground. Accompanying quoted text (p. 27): 'With a strong beast . . . advanced as far as Durham' [Ch. 29; EEWN 6, 249.16-19]. Legend states published August 1830.

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