logoIllustrating Scott

Record Number: WAG0032

Related Work: Abbot, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Catharine Seyton

Keyword(s): Seyton, Catherine - Portraits - Handicraft

Artist: William Fisher

Engraver: Henry Robinson

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 13.5 x 10.4

Date: 1841

Source Text: The Waverley Gallery of Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Romances (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 32]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.12.WAVG.1841

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Catherine Seyton wearing a cross necklace and holding a large needle and thread. Accompanying quoted text: 'Roland's eyes found better employment . . . utmost skill of the most expert seamstress.' [Ch. 10]. Legend states published 1 January 1841.

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