Record Number: FIS0060
Related Work: Abbot, The
Illustration Title/Caption: The Abbot of Unreason / L'Abbe de la Deraison
Keyword(s): Drama & Performance - Games - Monks & Nuns
Artist: George Cruikshank
Engraver: No Engraver
Work Type: etching
Size(cm): 8.2 x 13.4
Date: 1837
Source Text: Waverley Novels, 48 vols (London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836-39)
Position in Source Text: vol. 20, facing p. 197
Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.7.a.1836-9/20
Image File Name: 0007325d.jpg
Notes: Depicts the entry of the Abbot of Unreason with other revellers into the Church of Saint Mary, with the monks looking on and the figure (apparently) of Roland Graeme to the side [Ch. 14]. Also appears in 'Landscape-Historical Illustrations of Scotland and the Waverley Novels' [Plate 52] (London: Fisher, [1836-38]): see image.
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