Scott's Prose Works
Print
1834-6 (engraved)
1834-6 (engraved)
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Line engraving on steel, printed on paper, depicting Hougoumont
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Materials and techniques | Line engraving on steel |
Brief description | Line engraving on steel by W. Miller depicting Hougoumont, for the publication 'Scott's Prose Works', after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner. Great Britain, 1834-6. |
Physical description | Line engraving on steel, printed on paper, depicting Hougoumont |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Horace Mummery |
Object history | Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l'Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. |
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Literary reference | 'Scott's Prose Works' by Sir Walter Scott |
Other number | R520 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest) |
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Accession number | E.4438-1946 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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