Title
The village of Dalkeith from N west. / JE.
Creator
Clerk, John, 1728-1812, printmaker.
Publication details
[Scotland] : [John Clerk of Eldin], [about 1773-1782]
Physical details
1 print : etching with monochrome wash ; sheet cm 13.2 x 28.6 cm, on mount 23.5 x 37.2 cm.
Description
Inscribed 'No54' in the upper left-hand corner of the mount. Figures walking on a path in the foreground; a cottage to the left; a bridge and the village of Dalkeith at the centre of the scene; trees throughout. Inscribed with title in black ink in the lower left-hand corner of the mount. Etched with intials in the lower right-hand corner. Hand-tinted by Robert Adam.
Place
Dalkeith (Scotland)
Additional information
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.