Loch Leven

Category

Library Item

Item no

13231

Title

Loch Leven

Artist / maker

Lydon, A. F.

Date

1882

Size

10.2 x 15.3 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text, taken from the volume 'Scottish Loch Scenery' by Thomas A. Croal, begins as follows
"This loch has at the present day a two-fold attraction - historical and piscatorial. Like most other places of interest in Scotland, the story of Loch Leven and its castle clings round the chequered career of Mary Queen of Scots. Here, for eleven months, the beautiful Stewart queen lay a prisoner, and eventually her escape was arranged with all the romantic devotion and quiet daring with which she was ever able to inspire all who fell under her spell of her charms or the pity of her fate. Here, as Burns has taught us to believe, she uttered that sad 'Lament on the Approach of Spring' which forms on of the most touching bits of the national poet's writings..."

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