Description: LOCH LEVEN Artist: H. Gastineau ____________ Engraver: Edward Finden Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1830s !! THIS PRINT IS OVER 160 YEARS OLD! VERY OLD WORLD! FRAME FOR YOU DEN, OFFICE LIBRARY, LIVING OR FAMILY ROOM!. LOCH LEVEN "The ancient Castle occupies an island nearly in the centre of the Lake." Lochleven was probably a small stone-built keep by the end of the 13th century. Loch Leven was a royal castle from 1257. The English besieged the castle in 1301, but it was saved by John Comyn before it could be captured. The castle held again against Edward Balliol and the English in 1335. By 1335, Alan de Cipont defended the castle against the English. Robert III was said to have resided here for awhile. By the end of the 14th century, Lochleven had passed to the Douglases of Lochleven. Archibald, 5th Earl, was imprisoned and died here in 1439, as did Patrick Graham, Archibishop of St. Andrew, in 1477. Mary, Queen of Scots was also held here from 1567-8, when she escaped, during which time she signed her abdication. She was a prisoner in the Glassine Tower, and miscarried twins by her 3rd husband, Francis, Earl of Bothwell, in the castle before her escape with the aid of the Douglas family. Lochleven consisted of a small 15th century keep of 5 stories, and stands at one corner of a 14th century courtyard. A corbelled out parapet, with three open rounds, crowns the keep. Today, the entrance to the castle is on the ground level, through a converted window. At one time, the island was much smaller, but the water level of the loch has been lowered, previously the castle occupied nearly all of the island. The 5 story tower house was added in the late 14th or 15th century. The fourth story formed a suite for the lord and there were bedrooms above. The wall of the polygonal barmkin was completed during several periods, with one thick section going back to the late 13th century. The courtyard has a small round tower, with gunloops, at one corner and several ranges of buildings, including a hall and kitchen, but these are very ruined. The original entrance was one the second-floor level, from an external stair, and leads to the hall. A turnpike stair leads down to the kichen on the first floor. The vaulted basement has a modern entrance. The ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots supposedly haunts the castle. She reputed haunts a lot of castles. She must be busy. SIZE: Image size in inches is 3 ¼ " x 4 ¾ ", overall print size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2 ". CONDITION: Condition is good. Blank on reverse. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, print, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, NOT blocks of steel or wood. ENGRAVINGS, the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or "engravings" were inserted into the book with a tissue guard frontis, usually on much thicker quality rag stock paper, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone prints. A RARE VIEW FROM A SCENE OR CHARACTER IN SCOTTISH NOVELIST AUTHOR SIR WALTER SCOTT'S WAVERLEY NOVELS! !
Price: 7.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-02-03T19:59:08.000Z
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Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Material: Engraving
Type: Print
