Record Number: ABB0092
Related Work: Talisman, The
Illustration Title/Caption: The Talisman / The Dead Sea
Keyword(s): Fountains & Wells - Seascapes
Artist: David Roberts
Engraver: William Miller
Work Type: steel engraving
Size(cm): 8.9 x 14
Date: 1846
Source Text: Waverley Novels [Abbotsford edition] (Edinburgh: Cadell, 1842-47)
Position in Source Text: vol. 9, facing internal title-page
Location of Copy: ABD, WS E13, vol. 9
Image File Name: No image available for this record.
Notes: Depicts the Dead Sea with two small figures seated at an oasis with palm trees in the foreground. Accompanying quoted text: 'Beneath these sluggish waves . . . a tribute to the ocean.' [4 lines; Ch. 1]. Also appears in the Library Edition of the Waverley Novels as vol. 20 frontispiece: see #LIB0039.
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