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The Spirit of Avenel Appearing to Halbert the Night Previous to his Duel with Sir Piercie Shafton, engraved by Charles Heath after Richard Westall (1821)

From: Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery: A Romance by the Author of 'Waverley'. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821

The plate depicts the White Lady, guardian spirit of the Avenel family, appearing to Halbert Glendinning, hero of The Monastery (ch. 20).