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Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, British, Sandy Knowe, or Smailholm Tower, 1851
- Title:
- Sandy Knowe, or Smailholm Tower
- Additional Title(s):
- Vignette to 'Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott'
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1851
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 1/4 inches (18.1 × 10.8 cm), Image: 4 1/8 × 3 5/8 inches (10.5 × 9.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R 566"; lower center: "State originally made for Lockhart's Life of Scott."; lower right: "Reprint."
Lettered, upper center: "THE POETICAL WORKS | OF | SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART."; lettered, lower left: "Turner, R.A."; lettered, ower right: "W. Miller."; lettered, lower center: "Sandy Knowe, or Smaitholm. | A & C. BLACK, EDINBURGH. | 1851."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13723
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- lake | landscape (representation) | literary theme | tower (single built work)
- Associated Places:
- Sandyknowe Farm | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Smailholm | Smailholm Tower
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39622
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