Original steel engraving with Dunbarton (Dumbarton) Castle on its rock beside the river Clyde, sailing boats in the foreground and the hazy light of dawn. Drawn by David Roberts and engraved by E. Finden.
Original steel engraving with Dunbarton (Dumbarton) Castle on its rock beside the river Clyde, sailing boats in the foreground and the hazy light of dawn. Drawn by David Roberts and engraved by E. Finden.
It is lettered below "Heart of Mid Lothian" with the imprint "London, Published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street, Dec.r 1830": it comes from the Landscape Illustrations to the Waverley Novels of Walter Scott.
Medium: Original steel engraving on paper.
Artist / after: David Roberts.
Engraver: Edward Finden.
Date: 1830.
Source: Landscape Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, Charles Tilt, London.
Dimensions: Sheet 7.9 x 5.2 in (20 x 13.3 cm).
Condition: Good condition; the paper clean with the very slightest toning.