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16 drawings from The Novels & Tales of the Author of Waverley (© National Library of Scotland)
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© National Library of Scotland

16 drawings from The Novels & Tales of the Author of Waverley (© National Library of Scotland) 16 drawings from The Novels & Tales of the Author of Waverley (© National Library of Scotland)

16 drawings from The Novels & Tales of the Author of Waverley

Artist: Alexander Nasmyth (1758 - 1840)

Location: National Library of Scotland

Date: 1820

Materials: pencil on paper

Grant:

Amount Paid: £11,000 (Total: £11,000)

Vendor: Bourne Fine Art

Review number: 4844 (2000)

Provenance:
Samuel Hanson, Sotheby's (lot 112, 14 Nov 1996); Calton Gallery, Edinburgh; Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh

Description:
A series of 'topographical records of scenery immortalised in fiction'. Finely drawn images include meticulously detailed monuments and landscapes.

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