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Between 1816 &1827 a third of all novels published in France were by Walter Scott. Delacroix was among many painters inspired by the novels throughout his career.
'Abduction of Rebecca'
@metmuseum NY.
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@DavieGreig 'Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales' by Sir George Douglas, 1892. Of course, lots of visual evidence of them recorded by Sir Joseph Noel Paton!
@MurphyNiallGLA @UDGUrbanUpdate Looing forward to it. Fingers crossed!
@OssianLore In the other Scottish Pavilion, the entrance hall was a dark curved space dominated by Thomas Whalen's massive, almost primitive figure of 'Service' holding a Torch of Knowledge and a Staff of Health.
(Photo Virtual Mitchell)
3 coloured aquatints of the waterfalls of the River Clyde by Robert Andrew Riddell, 1811. @ScottClydeTrail @CamnethanPriory
@ScottClydeTrail @Fluffy_LeMonde @BonnieBlantyre @paulveverka @CamnethanPriory An earlier painting by Horatio McCulloch, upriver from Fraser's painting of the Ferry and with Bothwell Castle in full sight. Another boat on the Clyde, here with a fisherman and his dog.
Walter Scott's best known poem 'Lochinvar' from Canto 5 of 'Marmion' was written at Bothwell House while on a visit there in 1808.
@ScottClydeTrail @ClydeAvonValley @CamnethanPriory