print, aquatint, coloured

Made:
1790
artist:
Robert Barker

print, aquatint, coloured, showing the Observatory gardens at Calton Hill Edinburgh and a view looking east to the Firth of Forth, by John Wells after the panorama by Robert Barker, published 25 March 1790. Plate 6 of a set of six; the original panorama, credited as the first in that genre, shown Edinburgh 1788 and London 1789. Gardens include seven instruments modelling the planetary system

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1998-842
Materials:
aquatint and paper
Measurements:
overall: 480 x 625 mm
overall (framed): 610 mm x 726 mm x 25 mm,
type:
print
credit:
Grosvenor Prints