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Record Number: LIW0029

Related Work: Heart of Mid-Lothian, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Dunbarton Castle

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

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. 29

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

Image File Name: 0007463d.jpg


Notes: Depicts Dumbarton Castle on the River Clyde. Accompanying quoted text (p. 29): 'That's the old Castle of Dumbarton, the strongest place in Europe' [Ch. 42; EEWN 6, 370.32-33]. Legend states published December 1830.

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