Title
Black Ness Castle. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 3 x 7 cm, on mount 14.4 x 19.3 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No7' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Figures by water in the foreground; Blackness Castle at the centre of the scene; boats on the water to the right; hills in the distance.
Place
Blackness (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.