Record Number: NTE0031
Related Work: Talisman, The
Illustration Title/Caption: The Talisman / Sir Kenneth & the Emir at the Diamond of the Desert
Keyword(s): Arms & Armaments - Fountains & Wells - Islam - Kenneth of Scotland, Knight of the Leopard - Knights - Saladin
Artist: William Heath
Engraver: William Home Lizars
Work Type: engraving
Size(cm): 8.5 x 7
Date: 1828
Source Text: Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley [18mo issue], 7 vols (Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1828)
Position in Source Text: vol. 6 (frontispiece) [Misplaced: should be in vol. 5]
Location of Copy: BL 12604.a.4
Image File Name: No image available for this record.
Notes: Depicts Sir Kenneth and (the as yet unidentified) Saladin seated together by a spring, with a background of palm trees, and their swords on the ground [Ch. 2]. Vol. also contains title-page vignette illustration of 'palm trees' [Todd & Bowden], drawn by J. B. Kidd and engraved by W. H. Lizars, apparently not used in any other set.
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