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Record Number: EAN0006

Related Work: Antiquary, The

Illustration Title/Caption: Sir Arthur and Douterswivel in the Ruins of St. Ruth

Keyword(s): Douterswivel, Hermann - Graves - Monasteries - Moonlight - Ruins - Wardour, Sir Arthur

Artist: Waller Hugh Paton

Engraver: William Richardson

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 17 x 24.5

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 6]

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

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Douterswivel kneeling with a pickaxe by his side, and Sir Arthur looking on, at nightfall among sepulchres in the ruined monastery grounds. Accompanying quoted text: ‘With all my heart . . . strong and pungent odour’ [Ch. 21; EEWN 3, 171-72].

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