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Record Number: BOR0026

Related Work: Antiquary, The

Illustration Title/Caption: On the Shore---Sunset

Keyword(s): Cliffs - Seascapes

Artist: John McWhirter

Engraver: William Alexander Ansted

Work Type: etching

Size(cm): 8.5 x 13.5

Date: 1893

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

Position in Source Text: vol. 5, facing p. 80

Location of Copy: NLS, Lit.S.22

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 [Ch. 7]. Matches #EAN0002, but with different engraver.

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