An introduction to Abbotsford

the home of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (1822), Out of Copyright, National Galleries Scotland.

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Childhood

&

Family

Copyright: Peter Stubbs

Sir Walter’s childhood home in Edinburgh

Sir Walter’s Father

Courtesy of The Faculty of Advocates Abbotsford Collection Trust

Sir Walter’s Mother

The home of Sir Walter’s grandparents, Sandyknowe Farm, Kelso

Smailholm Tower, a ruined border tower at Sandyknowe

Sir Walter hearing tales from his grandfather at Smailholm

Charles Martin Hardie, A Young Walter Scott at Smailholm Tower

Sir Walter and his family dressed up as shepherd folk Sir David Wilkie, The Abbotsford Family (1817), National Galleries of Scotland Purchased 1895 and transferred from the National Gallery of Scotland 1936

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/8202/abbotsford-family

Work

Sir Walter was the Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire,

this is Scott’s Court Room in Selkirk Image courtesy of Live Borders Museums & Galleries

Sir Walter was also a writer,

one of his most famous novels is Rob Roy WS F22. Rob Roy : a national drama, founded on the celebrated novel of the same name, by the author of "Waverley”.

University of Aberdeen

Rob Roy Picture Book WS CB14. The Adventures of Rob Roy. University of Aberdeen

Rob Roy Film Poster © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Sir Walter wrote another very famous novel called Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe Picture Book WS CB28. Ivanhoe / Sir Walter Scott ; [illustrated by Malcolm

Kildare]. University of Aberdeen

Ivanhoe Film Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044760/mediaviewer/rm1356726784

Legacy

Sir Walter received his Baronetcy for Rediscovering the Honours of

Scotland, the Scottish Crown Jewels, in Edinburgh Castle Sir David Wilkie,'The Honours of Scotland'. The discovery of the Scottish Regalia (1822), Out of Copyright, National Galleries Scotland.

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/3629/honours-scotland-discovery-scottish-regalia-1822

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The Honours of Scotland

These are the oldest Crown Jewels in the British Isles. Historic Environment Scotland

Sir Walter organised King George IV’s visit to Edinburgh, this included a

procession down Princes Street. Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016

Waverley station in Edinburgh is one of the many places that are named

after Sir Walter Scott and his books. Network Rail: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stations/edinburgh-waverley/

The Sir Walter Scott Monument in Edinburgh The City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh Museums & Galleries

The Waverley Paddle Steamer

the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world!

Abbotsford

Scott bought Cartleyhole Farmhouse in 1811

Charles Martin Hardie, A Young Walter Scott at Smailholm Tower

Scott built Abbotsford where the farm house used to be

[The Entrance to Abbotsford]

Abbotsford from the kitchen garden

Abbotsford from the river

Abbotsford from the gardener’s cottage

We hope that you

enjoyed learning about

Sir Walter

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