Walker, Helen, -1791 (Inspiration for character Jeanie Deans)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1791
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Manuscript transcription of the grave of Helen Walker, written by Sir Walter Scott, Undated. [1830s]
Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript transcription of the carved monument to Helen Walker (d. 1791), erected in Irongray Churchyard c 1830. Walker was the inspiration for 'Jeanie Deans', the heroine of Walter Scott's 7th novel The Heart of Midlothian.
Dates:
Undated. [1830s]