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Record Number: ELM0005

Related Work: Legend of Montrose, A

Illustration Title/Caption: The Passage of the Army of Montrose during Winter through the Passes of Strathfillan

Keyword(s): Highlands - Journeys & Travellers - Soldiers

Artist: George Reid

Engraver: John Le Conte

Work Type: steel engraving

Size(cm): 17.5 x 25.5

Date: 1877

Source Text: Six Engravings in Illustration of A Legend of Montrose for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland ([Edinburgh: the Association], 1877)

Position in Source Text: [Plate 5]

Location of Copy: EUL, Corson H.RAPFAS.5

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Montrose’s army advancing through a Highland pass in snow [Ch. 17]. Matches #BOR0064, but with different engraver. Accompanying quoted text: ‘Montrose advanced by rapid marches . . . already covered with snow’ [Ch. 17; EEWN 7b, 140-41].

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