Title
Crichton Castle. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], 1773.
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 11 x 16.8 cm, on mount 19 x 27.4 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No32' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Two figures on a road in the foreground; trees on either side; a north east view of Crichton Castle on a hill at the centre of the scene. Etched with title, initials and date in the upper right-hand corner.
Place
Crichton (Scotland : Parish)
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.