Title
[Rothesay Castle, Bute].
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching ; sheet 7.5 x 20.4 cm, on mount 15.7 x 27.4 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'N48' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Two figures in the foreground on the right; Rothesay Castle at the centre of the scene; the town of Rothesay on the left; trees in the distance.
Place
Rothesay (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.