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Record Number: NTD0021

Related Work: Abbot, The

Illustration Title/Caption: [Lochleven Castle]

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Lakes - Loch Leven Castle

Artist: Alexander Nasmyth

Engraver: W. Archibald

Work Type: engraving

Size(cm): 6 x 8

Date: 1822

Source Text: Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley [12mo issue], 8 vols (Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1822)

Position in Source Text: vol. 5 (title-page vignette)

Location of Copy: NLS, NG.1172.h-i

Image File Name: 0007309d.jpg


Notes: Depicts Loch Leven Castle, on island in Loch, with mountains in far distance. Illustration title from 'The Waverley Album' (London: Charles Heath, [1832]) where same image appears facing p. 32, with engraver listed as Edward Finden, and no artist (see image). Also features in 'Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley' [8vo issue], 8 vols (Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1822), vol. 4.

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