Title
[Craigmillar Castle from the south east]. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], 1776.
Physical details
1 print : etching with monochrome wash ; sheet 16.3 x 25 cm, on mount 25.6 x 35.5 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No55 in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Figures seated in the foreground; Craigmillar Castle at the centre; trees throughout the scene. Etched with initials and date in the lower right-hand corner. Hand-tinted by Robert Adam.
Place
Edinburgh (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.