Art, literature & historyAdam's Tower
1770–82
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink; only state
- Dimensions
- Plate: 3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (7.9 × 10 cm) Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (8.8 × 11.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 26.72.216
- 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 printed in brown ink; only state. Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (7.9 × 10 cm) Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (8.8 × 11.2 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926.
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.