Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Deskford Cast. Sept. 13th"
Descriptive Medium
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Deskford Castle, Moray, Scotland
Country
Scotland
Medium
Line Drawing
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
This drawing by Edward Dayes shows a view of Deskford Castle on the north-east coast of Scotland. Dayes did not travel to Scotland but based his drawing on a pencil drawing by James Moore who visited the site in 1792. Dayes produced a watercolour of Deskford Castle which in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (14599) https://www.watercolourworld.org/node/234627.