Lot 270
Clerk, of Eldin, John.
The Drambuie Collection Part II
Auction: 27 January 2006 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A Series of Etchings chiefly of Views in Scotland, MDCCLXXIII - MDCCLXXIX. With additional etchings and facsimiles from his Drawings. Edinburgh: Bannatyne Club, 1855, folio, ltihographed portrait frontispiece, etched portrait, and 55 lithographed or etched plates, some with two or more views, tissue guards, contemporary maroon morocco-backed cloth, paper label on upper cover
Footnote
Note: A fine copy of a rare work.
John Clerk (1736-1812), artist, author and parliamentarian, was one of the few eighteenth-century Scottish practitioners of etching and his landsape etchings, as well as being important documentary records, are often seen as important precursors to the etching revival of the mid nineteenth century.