David Stewart of Garth, Scott’s “Highlander of the Old Stamp”
Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Allan, Stuart
Date published
June 28, 2020
Abstract
Stuart’s title features David Stewart of Garth as Scott’s ‘Highlander of the Old Stamp’, which I believe is a quotation from a letter of Scott’s to J. G. Lockhart of 14 July 1828. The name rings a particularly sharp bell for me personally, since later that year Stewart, on the point of taking up a Governorship in the West Indies, wrote to Scott requesting that, as several ladies among his friends were anxious to have Scott’s autograph, he (Scott) would therefore ‘favour me with a few lines, and scribble your signature as often as the paper will hold’.
Project(s)
Baggage and Belonging: Military Collections and the British Empire
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Arts and Humanities Research Council | AH/P006752/1 |
Event title
David Stewart of Garth, Scott’s “Highlander of the Old Stamp” talk
Publisher
The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club
Place of publication
Edinburgh
Rights statement
In Copyright
Additional information
Lecture available via the official URL