Illustrated letter from Walter Scott
Hugh William Williams
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 15.2 cm
- Vendor
- Bonhams
A short letter from Sir Walter Scott to the sporting artist William Scrope inviting him and Williams to dinner at Abbotsford.
Scrope later gave the letter to Williams who illustrated it with drawings of Abbotsford and the nearby picturesquely romantic ruin of Melrose Abbey.
Provenance
Collection of Wilfred Partington; Roy Davids.