Art, literature & historyAdam's Tower
1770–82
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint; only state
- Dimensions
- Plate: 3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (7.9 × 10 cm) Sheet: 4 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (11.2 × 27.5 cm)
- Collection no.
- 59.508.28
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Adam's Tower — John Clerk, of Eldin. 1770–82.
Medium: Etching and aquatint; only state. Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (7.9 × 10 cm) Sheet: 4 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (11.2 × 27.5 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.