379 - EASTGATE (18th), Danish Forts at Glen Elg, Etching

EASTGATE (18th), Danish Forts at Glen Elg, Etching Eastgate (18th century): Six Landscape and Architectural Depictions: "Four Danish Forts at Glen Elg, in Invernesshire & Two Pictish Hunting Houses", 18th century, Etching Technique: Etching on Laid paper Watermark: indeterminate signs: Undeterminable watermark | Date: Inscription: Signed "Eastgate sculp.t" and titled below the image within the printing plate. Inscribed below "Published according to Act of Parliament by Alexr. Hogg, at the King's Arms, No. 16 Paternoster Row.". From a famous antiquarian bookshop in Munich. Date: 18th century Description: From: Boswell, Henry: "Pituresques Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales" (1786). Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, United Kingdom, Size: Laid paper: 24,8 cm x 38,5 cm (9,8 x 15,2 in), Plate: 22,5 cm x 35,3 cm (8,9 x 13,9 in), Depiction: 19,0 cm x 31,8 cm (7,5 x 12,5 in) Condition: Rather good condition. The paper is discolored due to its age. The sheet shows light foxing. Isolated bumps along the edges of the sheet. The corners of the sheet are damaged by bumps and creases. The paper shows single tears or holes. The image makes a very good impression.