Art, literature & historyCastle on a Hill with a Distant Town I
1770–82
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint; third state of three
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 3 9/16 × 4 3/16 in. (9 × 10.7 cm)
- Collection no.
- 59.508.26
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Castle on a Hill with a Distant Town I — John Clerk, of Eldin. 1770–82.
Medium: Etching and drypoint; third state of three. Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 4 3/16 in. (9 × 10.7 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.