Title
Kilcairn Castle. / Robertson Sculp.
Creator
Robertson, active 1785, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [James Sibbald for the Edinburgh Magazine], [June 1785]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 11 x 19 cm, on mount 16.4 x 25 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No2' in pencil in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Horses and riders in the foreground; Kilchurn Castle at the centre of the scene on Loch Awe; mountains in the distance; trees throughout the scene. Description and explanation on the opposite page reads 'The Engraver has made the Hill in the centre much too high and charp. Engraved by Robertson for the Edinburgh Magazine from a Drawing by Mr Clerk'.
Place
Argyll and Bute (Scotland)
Additional information
The printmaker might be identified with Archibald Robertson (1765-1835) a miniature painter printmaker from Aberdeen who emigrated to the United States in 1791.
Other persons
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, artist.
Shelfmark
191.g.6.