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John Clerk, of Eldin: Scottish, 1728 - 1812

Borthwick Castle from the Southwest
c. 1770/1782: etching and drypoint on laid paper; plate: 5.7 × 9.8 cm (2 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.); sheet: 7.7 × 11.6 cm (3 1/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Bertram 2012, no. 91, State iv/iv; Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler; 2017.53.27; Not on View

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Inscription

upper right in image: No 77 / Borthwich Castle from y SW / JC (in monogram)

Provenance

Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1925: Lumsden, E.S. "The etchings of John Clerk of Eldin." Print Collector's Quarterly 12 (1925): no. 69, ii/ii

2012: Bertram, Geoffrey. The Etchings of John Clerk of Eldin. Taunton, 2012: no. 91, iv/iv

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