Record Number: SSR0011
Related Work: Old Mortality, The Tale of
Illustration Title/Caption: Craignethan Castle / Tillietudlem / Old Mortality Vol. II, p. 259.
Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Cliffs - Headrigg, Cuddie - Rivers & Streams - Tillietudlem, Tower of
Artist: George Cattermole
Engraver: Robert Wallis
Work Type: steel engraving
Size(cm): 9.5 x 13.4
Date: 1835
Source Text: Leitch Ritchie, Scott and Scotland (London: Longman, 1835)
Position in Source Text: facing p. 252
Location of Copy: EUL, Corson E.RIT.3874
Image File Name: 0014474d.jpg
Notes: Depicts Cuddie with three marksmen by a flowing river at the foot of Tillietudlem, which stands on a high bank [Ch. 25]. Accompanying description (pp. 253-54) reads: 'This, the reader perceives, is the Tillietudlem of Old Mortality, and he will recognise Cuddie Headrigg climbing up the steep with his companions to take the castle by surprise--and to be put to flight by a discharge of scalding brose from his sweetheart.’ Title/caption reference relates to Magnum Opus edition. Later published in H. I. and A. Stevens, ‘Scott and Scotland’ (London, 1845), with title in List of Illustrations as ‘Attack on Craignethan Castle’: see image.
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