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Edinburgh Castle

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

(printmaker)
1743-1805

(printmaker)
ca. 1750-1831 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Edinburgh Castle

Date of Production

1780

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 27.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.15

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

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Engrav'd by W.Byrne & S.Middiman. //

Inscription: To the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Loudoun, Governour of Edinburgh Castle, & c / This View of EDINBURGH CASTLE is inscribed, / By his Lordships most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne and William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 March 1780, by T.Hearne & W.Byrne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T. Hearne //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: EDINBURGH CASTLE. / The first erection of a Fortress on the Rock where the present Castle / stands, is as uncertain as the etymologies of the various names that have / been given it; the first of which we find to be Castelh Mynyd Agned... //

Inscription: T.O. //

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