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Roslin Castle

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

(printmaker)
1743-1805

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

(publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Roslin Castle

Date of Production

1779

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 27 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.18

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: Engraved by W.Byrne & S.Middiman //

Inscription: To James S. Clair of Dysart Esq. / this View of ROSLIN CASTLE is Inscribed / By his most obedient Servants, Tho.s Hearne & Wm. Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 Oct.r 1779, by T.Hearne & W.Byrne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: ROSLIN CASTLE / Is situated upon a rock, in a small but delightful vale about six miles / south of Edinburgh, in the Shire of Mid-Lothian; it is surrounded by / eminences richly covered with wood... //

Inscription: T.O. //

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