Plan of the Back Gatas Lying in the Parish of Kirkcudbright
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper backed with cloth
Dimensions:
Sheet: 28 5/16 × 37 3/8 inches (71.9 × 94.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "No 16 Farms No 44 & 45"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "A plan of the | BACK-GATAS | Lying in the Parish of | Kirkcudbright | WITH THE ENVIRONS"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "N.B. The two Northwest Parks | are at present, Set as a part of the Banks, Farm | these Extents are, however, Stated by | themselves, Schemes No 43 & 44 | The other Lands (presented by | Sloane) are Stated Scheme No 45"; in pen and brown ink, throughout, plan labeled and plots numbered; in pen and brown ink, lower center, bar scale labeled
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection