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Record Number: FIS0134

Related Work: Anne of Geierstein

Illustration Title/Caption: Anne of Geierstein & Arthur Philipson / Anne de Geierstein & Arthur Philipson

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Cliffs - Philipson, Arthur (Vere, Arthur de)

Artist: Francis William Topham

Engraver: William Henry Capone

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 12.6 x 8.5

Date: 1838

Source Text: Waverley Novels, 48 vols (London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836-39)

Position in Source Text: vol. 44 (frontispiece)

Location of Copy: NLS, ABS.1.84.154/44

Image File Name: 0007335d.jpg


Notes: Depicts Arthur Philipson on the edge of a cliff, holding onto a tree, with Anne of Geierstein visible on the opposite cliff, and a castle in the distance [Ch. 2]. Also appears in 'Landscape-Historical Illustrations of Scotland and the Waverley Novels' [Plate 86] (London: Fisher, [1836-38]): see image.

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