Title
Leith from the west.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 8.3 x 25.7 cm, on mount 21 x 36.2 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'N50' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. A horse and rider and figures on the shore in the foreground; ships on the water to the left; the harbour of Leith in the middle ground; trees on the right. Etched with title in the upper right hand corner.
Place
Leith, Water of (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.