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Watercolor of ruined Gothic Melrose Abbey with tall windows and spires, a figure and cattle in the grass, and hills under a c

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Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Edward Dayes (1792), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This watercolor and ink drawing shows the ruined Gothic facade and tall pointed windows of Melrose Abbey, with a rose window and spires rising above grassy ground. A small standing figure and grazing cattle appear in the open land to the right, beneath a cloudy sky and distant hills. The work is by Edward Dayes, dated 1792, and carries the title Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire.

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