Illustrations to the King's quair of King James I of Scotland : painted on the staircase of Penkill Castle, Ayrshire / by William Bell Scott, June 1865 to August 1868 ; etched by him 1885.

Accession number

PML 60561

Creator

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.

Published

Edinburgh : Privately printed by T. & A. Constable at the University Press, 1887.

Credit line

Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1970.

Notes

Plates are mounted India proofs.
Limited edition of 110 copies.
Library has copy no. 1.

Description

19 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 40 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Inscribed on verso of half-title: AB, Affectionately from the Artist, WBS.

Provenance

Presentation inscription from Scott to A.B. (Alice Boyd?).

Binding

Blue printed wrappers, issued with plates inside publisher's matching quarter blue cloth portfolio.

Classification

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