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Record Number: ILN0006

Related Work: Antiquary, The

Illustration Title/Caption: The Antiquary / The Antiquary Buying Fish from Mrs. Mucklebackit

Keyword(s): Oldbuck, Jonathan (of Monkbarns) - Mucklebackit, Maggie - Lovel, Mr - Fishing - Cottages - Boats - Seascapes

Artist: William Allan

Engraver: Henry Hoppner Meyer

Work Type: engraving

Size(cm): 8 x 10.5

Date: 1820

Source Text: Illustrations of the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley from Designs by William Allan (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1820)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 5]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.ALL

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Jonathan Oldbuck bargaining over the price of fish with Maggie Mucklebackit, who is seated with a pail of fish at her feet. [Ch. 11]

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