About this artwork

Ibbetson visited Edinburgh in 1800, where he was able to acquire a number of important patrons including the countess of Balcarres. She encouraged him to produce and publish his artist’s instruction manual, Accidence, or Gamut, of Painting in Oil. This painting shows a group of women collecting water from a well; with the ruins of Rosslyn castle in the distance. The view is taken from the grounds of Mavisbank house, a Palladian style country house outside the village of Loanhead, south of Edinburgh.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
  • title:
    View of Rosslyn Castle from the Grounds of Sheriff Clerk (Mavisbank)
  • date created:
    1803
  • materials:
    Oil on canvas
  • measurements:
    51.40 x 61.50 cm; Framed: 66.00 x 75.70 x 7.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Lady Frances Senter Bequest, 2006
  • accession number:
    NG 2813
  • gallery:
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Julius Caesar Ibbetson

Julius Caesar Ibbetson