after Joseph Mallord William Turner

Killiecrankie

1834–6

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Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Scott’s Prose Works
Medium: Line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 100 × 80 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1987
Reference: T04990

Catalogue entry

[from] Scott's Prose Works pub.1834–6 [T04727-T04763; T04961-T04994; complete]

Thirty-four line-engravings by various engravers, comprising thirty-four subjects out of a total of forty; various sizes
Purchased (Grant-in-Aid) 1987
Prov: ...; Waltham Abbey Historical Trust, from whom bt by Tate Gallery
Lit: As for T04727-T04763 above

For details of the series see introduction to T04727-T04763. The engravings in this set were all bought unmounted from the Waltham Abbey Historical Trust, along with impressions from Scott's Poetical Works (see introduction to T04947-T04960).

The engravers responsible for the plates in this group were: William Miller (1796–1882), who executed the majority of the plates, John Horsburgh (1791–1869), who produced seven plates in this group, William Richardson (active 1836–77) and Edward Goodall (1795–1870), who each produced one plate.

T04990 Killiecrankie engr. W. Miller, pub.1836

Line-engraving, vignette, approx. 103 × 83 (4 1/2 × 3 1/4) on India paper laid on wove paper 437 × 298 (17 7/16 × 11 3/4); plate-mark 229 × 150 (9 × 5 1/16)
Engraved inscriptions as on T04985
Lit: As for T04757

For publication details and original watercolour see T04757.

Published in:
Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996