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Stirling Castle

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

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

(publisher, printmaker)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Stirling Castle

Date of Production

1781

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.27

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

Label: STIRLING CASTLE. / As the situation of this Fortress rendered it a key to the northern part / of the Kingdom of Scotland, the sieges and revolutions it hath undergone, / have afforded much matter for history... //

Inscription: T.O. //

Inscription: No. XXXI //

Inscription: Etch'd by S.Middiman, finished by W.Byrne //

Inscription: To Sir George Beaumont Bar.t / This View of STIRLING CASTLE is inscribed, / By his most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 March 1781, by T. Hearne & W.Byrne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

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