2-751-155 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Abbotsford', c1870. Historic country house in the Scottish Borders on the River Tweed and former residence of novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott.The house was opened to the public in 1833 and continued to be occupied by Scott's descendants until 2004. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]