Lady Louisa Stuart's ballad, "Ugly Meg, or, The Robber's Wedding" ('Muckle-mouthed Meg'), in Sir Walter Scott's hand.
Item
Identifier: MS.3531
Scope and Contents
The ballad is undated, but is written on paper watermarked 1805.
There are some words and phrases in another hand in places where the original writing has been deleted.
With a frontispiece in watercolour and a tailpiece in pencil.
Dates
- Creation: [1805, or after.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
5 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
5 + many blank folios.
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Contains the bookplate of Charles Scott, youngest son of Sir Walter Scott, and a note, 'Bequeathed to James F. Hope'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 4 June 1946, lot 354.
Bibliography
The text of the ballad is substantially as printed by Sir William Fraser, ‘The Scotts of Buccleuch’ (Edinburgh, 1878), and by Mrs Godfrey Clark, ‘Gleanings from an old portfolio’ (Edinburgh, 1895-1898).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk