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Record Number: BOR0008

Related Work: Waverley

Illustration Title/Caption: Prince Charles Edward in Shelter

Keyword(s): Charles Edward Stuart, Prince ('Father Buonaventure') - Cottages - Highlanders

Artist: Robert Herdman

Engraver: Henry Macbeth-Raeburn

Work Type: etching

Size(cm): 9.5 x 14.5

Date: 1892

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Border Edition], ed. Andrew Lang, 48 vols (London: John C. Nimmo, 1892-94)

Position in Source Text: vol. 2 (frontispiece)

Location of Copy: NLS, Lit.S.22

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Charles Edward in a humble Highland dwelling, with man kneeling at his feet, and other family members looking on. Bears no specific relation to incidents in the story. Probably based on the artist's 'Charles Edward seeking shelter in the home of an adherent', exhibited Royal Scottish Academy, no. 426, 1879, and Royal Academy, no. 442, 1880.

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