- Title
- A View of St Andrews from the West with the Sea combat of the Dolphin and Solebay with the Bellile French Frigate 1758. / JC.
- Creator
- Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
- Publication details
- [Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
- Physical details
- 1 print : etching ; sheet 8 x 26.3 xm, on mount 21.3 x 36 cm.
- Description
- Inscribed 'N49' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Horses and riders and cottages in the foreground; ships in combat on the sea and a windmill to the left; fields on the right; a road at the centre of the scene leading to St Andrew which sits on the horizon. Etched with title, number and initials in the upper left-hand corner.
- Place
- St. Andrews (Scotland)
- Additional information
- With a description of the scene on the facing page in brown ink. Donated to George III in 1786. Part of a volume of prints and drawings by John Clerk of Eldin together with manuscript descriptions for each and a letter to George III by David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan. Some of the etchings were hand-tinted by Robert Adam.
- Other persons
- Adam, Robert, 1728-1792.
- Shelfmark
- 191.g.6.
