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May 7, 2002 - 1890's Print of Loch Katrine
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This 1890s wood engraving is of Loch Katrine. The title of the piece is "Loch Katrine - Ellen's Island, as seen from the silver strand." Loch Katrine, 8 miles long and 1 mile wide, is located in Stirling, central Scotland. Its beauty is celebrated in Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake. When Loch Katrine became Glasgow's main source of water, the lake was enlarged (1859), and the Silver Strand of Scott s poem disappeared. Glen Gyle, at the head of the lake, is the birthplace of Rob Roy. 
The original is approximately 5 X 7 1/2 inches. The artist and engraver is unknown.
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