Blackness Castle
c. 1770/1782
Artist, Scottish, 1728 - 1812
John Clerk, of Eldin
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 2.6 × 6.7 cm (1 × 2 5/8 in.)
sheet: 4.9 × 10.6 cm (1 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.) (irregular) -
Accession Number
2017.53.15
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bertram 2012, no. 26
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 16 May 1997); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1925
Lumsden, E.S. "The etchings of John Clerk of Eldin." Print Collector's Quarterly 12 (1925): no. 26.
2012
Bertram, Geoffrey. The Etchings of John Clerk of Eldin. Taunton, 2012: no. 26
Inscriptions
upper left in plate: Black Ness Castle JC (in monogram); by later hand, lower left in graphite L. 26
Wikidata ID
Q77259213