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Scotland: Stirling: Doune. View of the partially-ruined Castle of Doune (Down) with a stunted tree in the foreground, and a bridge and mill on the River Teith; in the distance is the village of Doune.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/19
Purpose
Scotland: Stirling: Doune. View of the partially-ruined Castle of Doune (Down) with a stunted tree in the foreground, and a bridge and mill on the River Teith; in the distance is the village of Doune.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in a contemporary hand on the bottom of the drawing North prospect of DOWN CASTLE kep't by the Highlanders for a/ Prison. Over the West End of which, being 70 feet high. Severall Edinr Gentlemen/ Confined there found means to Escape; in red ink 19
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably between 1745 and 1750.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen196 x 284 (folded)
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This view of the Castle of Doune in Perthshire, Scotland by Robert Adam may well be a copy after a print or another drawing. According to Francis Grose 'an engineer was sent down by the Government to survey the castle, with an intent to repair and fortify it' (see Grose The Antiquities of Scotland (London, 1797), vol.2, p.75); this probably refers to the Board of Ordnance survey after the 1745 rebellion. Both Paul and Thomas Sandby were involved in the survey and the original view may have been made at that time.
Level
Drawing
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