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The Image Collection of the Walter Scott Digital Archive is based
primarily on the visual materials and realia contained in Edinburgh
University Library's Corson Collection.
The former include portraits of Scott and of people associated with
Scott, art inspired by his novels and poems, illustrations to editions
of his works, and pictures of places associated with Scott. They
cover a variety of formats: oil and watercolour paintings, drawings,
engravings, etchings, lithographs, and photographs. The realia
consist of memorabilia and other examples of material culture associated
with Scott and his homes and haunts (especially Abbotsford).
In addition, there are playbills, title pages, and illustrative
material relating to theatrical and musical adaptations of Scott
and to translations of his work. The Image Collection also contains
manuscripts of Scott's works and correspondence drawn from the Corson
Collection and the Library's Laing
Collection.
Like the Corson Collection itself, the Image Database is wide-ranging
and eclectic. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in
the diffusion of Scott's work in Scotland, Great Britain, and abroad,
in Scott's role in the creation of Scottish national identity, and
in his influence on British and foreign depictions of Scotland.
Last updated: 09-Jan-2013
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