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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)

 Person

Staff Only

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 184 Collections and/or Records:

Two letters of Sir Walter Scott, one to Charles Robison, one to Lord Stewart, 1809 and 1832

 Item — Box CLX-A-131
Identifier: Coll-1147/97-18
Scope and Contents

Two letters of Sir Walter Scott, one to Charles Robison, one to Lord Stewart

Dates: 1809 and 1832
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Letters of, and other papers relating to, Sir Walter Scott

Visual materials illustrative of the life and work of Sir Walter Scott, 18th-20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/CCWS/ILL
Scope and Contents

This series contains:


  1. Original artworks inspired by the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott
  2. Printed illustrations relating to the life and works of Sir Walter Scott
  3. Postcards and photographs of places associated with Sir Walter Scott
Dates: 18th-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Corson Collection of Sir Walter Scott materials

[Walter Scott Naples 16 April 1832], 1832

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/59
Scope and Contents

[Walter Scott Naples 16 April 1832]. Lithograph. 1832. Morani, Vincenzo, 1809-1870, Artist; Maguire & Co., Printer .

Note: Includes facsimile of Scott's handwriting.

Dates: 1832
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Watercolour painting depicting a scene from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, c 1815

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0050
Scope and Contents This is a watercolour painting of a scene from Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake, by Thomas Stothard, signed. The scene depicts Ellen Douglas and James Fitz-James (i.e. King James V of Scotland in disguise) on a rocky shore (of Loch Katrine), with him in a skiff, holding a pole. This is either the moment of going ashore, in Canto I of Scott's poem, or the moment in Canto II, when he departs the next day. The hunting horn (small) with which he...
Dates: c 1815
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection