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Landscape with River and Distant Castle

Primary artist: Hill, David Octavius, RSA · 1802-1870Printmaker: Forrest, William, HRSA · 1805-1889

Identified by R H Rodger, RSA Documentation Officer as a plate for one of the 6-volume set, Tales of the Ettrick Shepherd, published by Blackie & Co in 1836 (and again in 1840)





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  • Object data
    Datec.1836 - c.1840
    Accession1994.224
    TypePrint Engraving
    MaterialsSupport paper
    Medium Ink
    Dimensions Plate
    8.2cm x 13.2cm
    AcquisitionGift Forrest, William, HRSA (1884)

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