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Abbotsford, the seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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Abbotsford, the seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
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Title
Abbotsford, the seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Description
Abbotsford House has two main storeys with an eclectic mix of architectural features, turretted towers and castellated fringes. Outside the house a man and woman stand on the neatly mown lawn with their dog. The woman is showing some work to the man. Flowers grow on the stone wall that runs along the garden path.
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Barber, T
Date
1829
Size
10.1 x 15.6 cm
Type
Engraving
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image comes from 'Modern Athens', a book of engravings based on drawings by Thomas Shepherd published in 1829. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Edinburgh was growing rapidly. The popular neoclassical architectural style of the time was inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and Edinburgh was nicknamed 'Athens of the North'. Shepherd's engravings celebrate the beauty of Edinburgh and show many notable buildings and streets both within the city, and further afield.
Abbotsford House near Melrose in the Scottish Borders was the home of Sir Walter Scott. The manor house was built on farmland named Cartleyhole which Scott bought in 1811. Scott renamed the land Abbotsford and added neighbouring properties to his estate. The manor house was built in 1821 after the original cottage was demolished. The manor house is built in Scots-Baronial style and due to Scott's fame was influential in the Victorian revival of the style. In order to fund work on Abbotsford, Scott took out loans from publishers which eventually threatened to bankrupt him, and forced him to sell his property on Castle Street, Edinburgh. Abbotsford was safe as Scott had passed the property to his son in 1825, with the proviso that Scott could live there rent free for the rest of his life.
More biographical information about Walter Scott can be found at
Edinburgh University Library's website
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