Title
Borthwick Castle from y SW. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], 1777.
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 5.7 x 9.8 cm, on mount 14.2 x 19.5 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No20' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. View of Borthwick Castle; trees to the right and left. Etched with date, title and initials in the upper right-hand corner.
Place
Midlothian (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.