Title
Abby of Dumfermline from ye West.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 9.5 x 15.7 cm, on mount 18.4 x 26.5 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No34' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Figures and a horse and carton a road by a pond in the foreground; trees on the left; Dumfermline Abbey in the distance. Inscribed with title in black ink along lower edge of mount, probably in the hand of John Clerk of Elgin.
Place
Fife (Scotland)
Additional information
A print from the same plate in the British Museum is etched with title, initials and the number '73'. See 1857,0520.183. Bertram suggests that the number relates to Clerk's number system rather than a date.
Other persons
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792.
Shelfmark
191.g.6.