Record Number: LIW0071

Related Work: Saint Ronan's Well

Illustration Title/Caption: Nidpath Castle

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

Artist: William Westall

Engraver: Edward Francis Finden

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 7.5 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. 2, facing p. 71

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.MAR.2

Image File Name: No image available for this record.

Notes: Depicts Neidpath Castle overlooking the river Tweed, in the Scottish borders. (Drawn from a sketch by J. Skene) Accompanying text (p. 71): 'A massive sqaure tower . . . embattled wall' [Ch. 1; EEWN 16, 2.42-43]. Legend states published August 1831. Also appears in the Fisher edition of the Waverley Novels': see #FIS0097.

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