Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)
Dates
- Existence: 1771 - 1832
Biography
For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.
Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]
Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Walter Scott's signature on protest of W. Ettle, Court of Session, 7 July 1817
Sir Walter Scott's signature on protest of W. Ettle, Court of Session
[Sir Walter when very young], 1839
[Sir Walter when very young]. Stipple engraving. 1839. Horsburgh, J. (John), 1791-1869, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.
Published in: Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott , 2nd edn (1839), vol. I.
Note: Below plate: 'Engraved by J. Horsburgh from the Original Miniature'. Pencil annotation: 'Sir Walter when very young'.
Sketchbooks containing drawings and notes by John Williamson for the illustration of works by Sir Walter Scott
One of the two sketchbooks is titled on the front board, 'Sketches made at Edinburgh, Melrose and Craigmillar, etc, for drawings illustrating Sir Walters Scott's novels The Monastery and The Abbot'. There are several loose leaves and fragments in the second sketchbook.
The sketchbooks contain drawings in pencil and ink and some are coloured or washed. There are notes from lectures in the history of art.
Some account of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 6 October 1832
Some account of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Letterpress. 6 October 1832. Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842, Author; Athenaeum, Publisher.
Published in: The Athenaeum, No. 258.
Note: 16 pp. [641 - 656] on 8 sheets, 3 of which are advertisements.
Some Reflections on the Modern Novel, c1939-c1949
Paper examining the modern novel, looking at authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf and DH Lawrence.
Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, written out by Susan Ferrier, 1814
Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, 1814. Authored by Sir Walter Scott, and taken down by Miss [Susan] Ferrier.
Begins: 'O dread was the time [and] more dreadful the omen / when the brave on marching lay slaughter'd in vain...'
Song is compiled of 5 verses, each spanning 8 lines. Dramatic and nationalistic is invoked through broad iambic tetrameter and an approximate ABAB rhyme scheme.
Song titled "Stanzas on visiting Rokeby", 1810-1857
Song titled "Stanzas on visiting Rokeby." Referring to Rokeby Park, a country house in Teesdale. Sir Walter Scott is referenced in the verses, as "the bardie spirit" presumably because his 1813 narrative poem Rokeby was also set at there.
Story about Sir Walter Scott, 29 August 1883
Story about Sir Walter Scott that he stood at Cregan [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] facing Shian and said he would build a house there, with the wood on one hand, Shian on the other and facing the sea.
Story entitled 'La-fheil bride' about Mrs Major MacLeod, c1875
