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Record Number: MAG0076

Related Work: Talisman, The

Illustration Title/Caption: 'Christian and Saracen . . . for their own refreshment.' [3 lines]

Keyword(s): Kenneth of Scotland, Knight of the Leopard - Saladin - Eating & Drinking - Religion - Islam - Knights - Fountains & Wells - Arms & Armaments

Artist: John Watson Gordon

Engraver: Samuel Sangster

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 8.5 x 8

Date: 1832

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Magnum Opus edition], 48 vols (Edinburgh: Cadell & Company, 1829-33)

Position in Source Text: vol. 38 (title-page vignette)

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson A.7.a.1829-33/38

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Sir Kenneth and (the as yet unidentified) Saladin seated together, with weapons on the ground, by a spring with palm trees behind, enjoying refreshments, in the wake of their inconclusive combat. [Ch. 2]

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