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Record Number: ILM0007

Related Work: Monastery, The

Illustration Title/Caption: The Monastery / Catherine Discovered by Halbert Lamenting Over the Body of Julian Avenel

Keyword(s): Arms & Armaments - Avenel, Julian - Battles - Catherine of Newport - Children - Glendinning, Halbert - Soldiers

Artist: Richard Westall

Engraver: Charles Heath

Work Type: engraving

Size(cm): 9.5 x 7.5

Date: 1821

Source Text: The Monastery, a Romance by the Author of 'Waverley' Illustrated with Engravings by Charles Heath, from Drawings by Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. (London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1821)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 6]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.ALL

Image File Name: 0014458d.jpg


Notes: Depicts the body of Julian Avenel on the battlefield, with Catherine leaning over him with a child in arms, and Halbert Glendinning in semi-armour looking on, with soldiers in the background [Ch. 36]. Also appears as a separate print in the Corson Collection (P. 3006) (see image).

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