Byron in the Highlands.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Thayer & Co. American, 1850 - 1852

Date1850-1851

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 3/8in. (30.2 x 21.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 9 5/8in. (34.9 x 24.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA young man wearing a plaid kilt, plaid jacket, plaid stocking with garters, a shirt, a plaid necktie, and a cap with three feathers stands on a bluff above a broad river. A powder horn hangs from his shoulder. A knife with a deer horn handle and a fur pouch hang from his belt. He holds a small horn in his upraised right hand and a musket in the crook of his left arm. A large dead deer lies immediately to the right. A large dog stands behind it. A tree is in the right background. A thistle in flower is in the left foreground. The river runs through a deep ravine and over rocks in the right background.

Object number1950.197.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "BYRON IN THE HIGHLANDS / I arose with the dawn, with my dog as my guide, / From mountain to mountain I bounded along, / I breasted the billows of Dee's rushing tide, / And heard at a distance the Highlander's song. / Hours of Idleness / 122".

On verso, in red ink, upper left, "948". In blue pencil, lower left, "Print / Box 5 / #37". In pencil, lower right, "Consv. CPC 1987" "Dwr 24" and accession number.

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