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Glames Castle (text)

Maker

(artist)
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

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 //

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