Abbotsford Armoury, Melrose, Scotland
W. Baker & Sons
Great Britain, Scotland, Melrose; Ireland, Dublin
paper
overall: 2-7/8 x 4-1/2 in.
Print; Abbotsford Armoury, Melrose, Scotland; print from 2005.34.122 collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the British Isles; shows the armoury at Abbotsford where Sir Walter Scott stored his collection of guns, knives, and other forms of deadly weapons, while the style is that known as Scotch Baronial (the same style that was of Scott's preferd taste); printed at bottom "ABBOTSFORD ARMOURY."
2005.34.122.5