ALICE BRIDGENORTH

Original 1850 9 1/8 inch x 5 1/2 inch Steel Engraving titled ALICE BRIDGENORTH

Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott’s English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678. Julian Peveril, a Cavalier, is in love with Alice Bridgenorth, a Roundhead’s daughter, but both he and his father are accused of involvement with the “Popish Plot” of 1678.

Engraved by William Holl (1807 – 1871). William Holl the Younger was an English portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations.

From a painting by John William Wright (1802 – 1848). Wright was an English genre and portrait watercolour painter, and illustrator.

Published in 1850 by Joseph Rogerson, 24 Norfolk Street, Strand, London

From “The Waverley Gallery of Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott’s Romances”

Image size 5 3/8 inch x 4 1/8 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. The sides have been trimmed slightly. Reverse side blank.