Title
Old Tower at Leith. / JC.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 5.7 x 10 cm, on mount 14 x 19 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No24' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. View of the harbour at Leith; a tower with ships behind on the left; a small ship on the right. Etched with title, date and initials 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.