A Street on Perth

DESCRIPTION: This steel engraving is titled "A Street in Perth [the Meal Vennel]". Drawn by Clarkson Stanfield RA (visible as "C. Stanfield, R.A." at the bottom left), engraved by William Richardson (visible as "W. Richardson" at the bottom right). Issued for "The Fair Maid of Perth" from The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, published by R. Cadell, Edinburgh, around 1849. The novel was first published in 1828 as the second series of Chronicles of the Canongate. Robert Cadell (1788–1849) was Scott’s business partner and publisher who reissued and published popular editions of the Waverley Novels—including The Fair Maid of Perth—notably through the standard Cadell editions in the 1830s and 1840s (such as the 1832 and 1833 multi-volume Waverley Novels published by Robert Cadell). The story centres on Catharine Glover (the "Fair Maid of Perth") and Henry Gow (an armourer), whose lives become entangled with royal court intrigue, the Duke of Rothesay, and a violent Highland clan feud culminating in the Battle of the North Inch in 1396. STYLE: Engraving COLOUR: Monochrome SIZE (cm; mount board typically a few mm larger): 13 x 18 CREATORS: W Richardson after C Stanfield RA PUBLICATION: The Fair Maid of Perth PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: R Cadell DATE: c1840s COMMENTS: Excellent condition, bright image, light patina of antiquity on surround SUBJECT: Scott PACKAGE: Single one-sided sheet in acid-free mount, flat & unfolded inside hard-backed envelope. Royal Mail Tracked 24 included. Note: Images are provided for illustration purposes only and are intended to show the complete printed product, including any imperfections of age that may be present. Frames or props shown in the images are for display purposes only and are not included with your purchase.