The post-card sized paintings were used to illustrate 'The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott' published by Robert Cadell in 1833. A number of additional drawings by Turner are understood to be beneath the mounts. The paintings will go on permanent display at Abbotsford following the completion of the historic homeÂ’s planned refurbishment in 2013. Mrs Barrow, a long-term supporter of the Art Fund, chose to give the works through the charity to ensure that they will be enjoyed by the public in perpetuity.

Provenance

?Robert Cadell, Sir Walter ScottÂ’s publisher, John Taylor, founder of the Manchester Guardian; Agnew's, 1912; John Edward Allen; Bishop Geoffry Allen; by descent to Phoebe Barrow.