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Record Number: ABB0017

Related Work: Black Dwarf, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Gilnockie Tower on the Esk, near Langholm

Keyword(s): Castles & Fortresses - Fishing - Forests & Woodlands - Rivers & Streams - Ruins

Artist: Alexander Nasmyth

Engraver: William Forrest

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 8.6 x 14.5

Date: 1843

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Abbotsford edition] (Edinburgh: Cadell, 1842-47)

Position in Source Text: vol. 2, facing p. 337

Location of Copy: ABD, WS E13, vol. 2

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Gilnockie Tower (in ruins) on the River Esk, with a small figure fishing in the foreground.

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