Title
[Dunstaffnage Castle].
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 3.9 x 11.6 cm, on mount 13.8 x 19.6 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No16' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. A tree on the left; Dunstaffnage Castle on an island at the centre of the scene; a sailing ship on the water on the left; another ship on the right; hills in the distance.
Place
Argyll and Bute (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.