print; title-page

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Object Type: print; title-page
Museum number: 1853,0312.126
Description: Dunfermline; view of Dunfermline with Cathedral at centre, from a hillside; harvest scene in foreground below; wheel of a watermill seen in middle ground at right, rainbow in the right sky; after JMW Turner (Wilton 1121); title-page vignette to 'Tales of a Grandfather' in 'The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart' (Edinburgh and London: 1834-6, Cadell, and Whittaker & Co., vol. XXII); first published state. 1836 Engraving and etching, printed on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: John Horsburgh; After: Joseph Mallord William Turner; Published by: Robert Cadell; Published by: Hodgson & Graves
School/style
Production date: 1836
Production place: Published in: Edinburgh; Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 207 millimetres; Width: 151 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1958,0712.436 for comment.
Bibliographic references: Rawlinson 1913 / The engraved work of J M W Turner (544) (first published state); Andres 2002 / Steel-engraved views of towns and cities - first complete bibliography (1036) (undescribed plate)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Dunfermline
Associated titles: Associated Title: The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart (1834-6); Associated Title: Tales of a Grandfather
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1853
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1853,0312.126

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