Title
[Perth Bridge with a Tower in Gowery's Garden].
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], 1775.
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 8.1 x 14.8 cm, on mount 17.5 x 25.9 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No39' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Ships and boats on the River Tay in the foreground; a tower on the left-hand side; Perth Bridge stretching across the scene in the middle ground; mountains in the distance. Cut so that date, signature and title are missing.
Place
Perth (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.