Record Number: EOM0005

Related Work: Old Mortality, The Tale of

Illustration Title/Caption: The Battle of Bothwell Bridge

Keyword(s): Battles - Bridges - Soldiers

Artist: Samuel Bough

Engraver: William Forrest

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 17 x 25.5

Date: 1869

Source Text: Six Engravings in Illustration of Old Mortality for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1869)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 5]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.RAPFAS.8

Image File Name: No image available for this record.

Notes: Depicts the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, with combat taking place across the Bridge, of which one turret is prominent, and with troops assembling on the near side. Matches #BOR0051, but with different engraver. Accompanying quoted text: ‘Morton, who beheld . . . involved in wreaths of smoke’ [Ch. 31; EEWN 4b, 253-54].

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