1-629-226 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Abbotsford, Scotland, 1893. The home of Sir Walter Scott, near Melrose. View showing the walled fruit and vegetable garden. Walter Scott (1771-1832) is widely considered to be the inventor of the historical novel and one of the greatest practioners of the genre. His best known works include Waverley (1814) and Ivanhoe (1820) as well as the poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893).