print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1840,0808.224
- Title
- Object: Old Mortality
- Description
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A man wearing a Scottish beret standing in front of a tombstone, glancing back over his right shoulder towards the viewer, his right hand on his stick, tucking a packet under his right arm with the other; vignette to an unidentified edition of the novel by Walter Scott; unlettered proof. 1830
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1830
- Dimensions
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Height: 206 millimetres (platemark)
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Width: 152 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of a set of proofs of the plate, 1840,0808.222 to 225. They all come from the same collection with the same printseller's annotation on the verso: '7 Engraver's proof - very scarce'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Old Mortality
- Acquisition date
- 1840
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1840,0808.224