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Record Number: EAN0002

Related Work: Antiquary, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Sir Arthur and Miss Wardour setting out along the Shore—Sunset

Keyword(s): Cliffs - Seascapes

Artist: John McWhirter

Engraver: William Richardson

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 16.7 x 27

Date: 1867

Source Text: Six Engravings in Illustration of The Antiquary for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1867)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 2]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.RAPFAS.13

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts seashore, with cliffs behind, and sun setting out to sea, in accordance with the novel though not its source topography; two small figures walking on the sand represent Sir Arthur and Isabella Wardour. Matches #BOR0026, but with different engraver. Accompanying quoted text: ‘Sir Arthur and Miss Wardour . . . gained upon the sand’ [Ch. 7; see EEWN 3, 54].

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