Craigmillar Castle
Maker
After
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
Title
Craigmillar Castle
Date of Production
1782
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6109.32
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: CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE. / Is agreeably situated upon a rocky eminence, about three miles south / of Edinburg. It appears by the arms of Scotland placed over the / entrance, to have been a royal Castle : but we have not been able to / discover by whom it was built; not can we give any satisfactory dettail / of the events that have happened within its walls... //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //
Inscription: T.O. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: No. XXXVI //
Inscription: Engraved by W.Byrne. //
Inscription: To Sir Alexander Gilmour of Craigmillar, Baronet, / This View of CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE is Inscribed - / By his most obedient Servants - Thomas Hearne and William Byrne. / London: Published as the Act directs 1 jan.1782, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //
Inscription: T.O. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: No. XXXVI //
Inscription: Engraved by W.Byrne. //
Inscription: To Sir Alexander Gilmour of Craigmillar, Baronet, / This View of CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE is Inscribed - / By his most obedient Servants - Thomas Hearne and William Byrne. / London: Published as the Act directs 1 jan.1782, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
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