Glames Castle (text)
Maker
(artist)
1723-1798
(engraver)
1752-1851
(publisher)
1752-1851
1723-1798
(engraver)
1752-1851
(publisher)
1752-1851
Title
Glames Castle (text)
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5532.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
previous owner: Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre & recto : : GLAMES CASTLE, / In SCOTLAND, / The Seat of the Earl of STRATHMORE. / (Drawn by T. SANDBY, Esquire, R.A.) / GLAMES CASTEL is a place celebrated in history, particularly for the Murder of Malcolm the Second, who fell here by the hands of Assassins, in a passage, which is still shewn to strangers ... Glames Castle is situated in the Vale of Strathmere, between Perth and Brechin, and is about fix Miles North of forfar / in the eastern part of Scotland//
Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre right margin & recto : later inscription : M //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre right margin & recto : later inscription : M //
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