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Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,0413.265
Title
Object:
Melrose Abbey
Series:
Picturesque views in Scotland
Description
Plate 9: the ruined abbey in a gothic architecture, behind the graveyard, a remain of the tower behind the porch, the nave on the left, a ladder resting against a wall in the left foreground; after Stoddart; published state. 1801 Hand-coloured aquatint with etching
Producer name
Print made by:
J Mérigot
After:
John Stoddart
Published by:
William Miller
School/style
British
Production date
1801
Materials
paper
Technique
aquatint
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
160 millimetres
Width:
247 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See the series for 1872,0413.296.
Bibliographic references
Abbey Scenery / Scenery of Great Britain & Ireland in Aquatint & Lithography from the Library of J.R.Abbey
(484.9)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
monastery/convent
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Melrose Abbey
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Wilson
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,0413.265