Title
Abbey of Corse regle & Maybole a distance. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], 1778.
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 14 x 30.2 cm, on mount 23 x 37 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No52' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. A figure and two dogs on a path by a stream in the foreground; the ruins of Crossraguel Abbey at the centre of the scene; Maybole and Baltersan Castle behind; trees and hills throughout the scene. Etched with title, initials and date in the lower left-hand corner. Etched 'Del 1762' in the lower left-hand corner.
Place
Maybole (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.