High Street, Edinburgh - Original Engraving by W. Radclyffe - 1831

Original copper engraving of High Street, Edinburgh, engraved by William Radclyffe after a drawing by Thomas Stothard. The lettering carries the address of the publisher Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, and the date August 1831. A lively street view with period figures.

The word "Abbot" at the lower right places it within the Landscape Illustrations to the Waverley Novels of Walter Scott, published by Tilt about 1830-1832 with work by the Findens, Radclyffe and other English engravers.

Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Stothard, R.A.
Engraver / lithographer: William Radclyffe.
Date: 1831.
Source: Landscape Illustrations to the Waverley Novels, Charles Tilt, London.
Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 in (22.5 x 15.5 cm).
Condition: Good, with wide margins; paper lightly toned and a faint stain in the left margin.