6. Effigy of Sir W. Scott's favourite dog Maida, by the side of the hall door at Abbotsford
MS. 21088 photogr. 5, item 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
6. Effigy of Sir W. Scott's favourite dog Maida, by the side of the hall door at Abbotsford
Shelfmark
MS. 21088 photogr. 5, item 6
Summary
Alternate title: Plate 6, "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)
The list of plates for "Sun Pictures in Scotland" has an extended caption for this image of Sir Walter Scott's favourite dog, Maida, which says of the original statue, 'It has a Latin inscription, nearly as follows:- Maidae marmorea dormis sub imagine Maida Ante fores domini sit tibi terra levis.' That Latin inscription reads, in part, "sleep soundly, Maida, at your master's door".
Date
24 Oct 1844
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Artifact type: Salted Paper Print; Process type: Calotype; Type: Print in album
Physical extent
1 item
Subject
Sculpture
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Collection contents
Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Talbot Photographic Materials and Ephemera
Sun Pictures in Scotland
6. Effigy of Sir W. Scott's favourite dog Maida, by the side of the hall door at Abbotsford
