View of Rosslyn Castle from the Grounds of Sheriff Clerk (Mavisbank)
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
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artist:Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759 - 1817) English
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title:View of Rosslyn Castle from the Grounds of Sheriff Clerk (Mavisbank)
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date created:1803
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:51.40 x 61.50 cm; Framed: 66.00 x 75.70 x 7.00 cm
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credit line:Lady Frances Senter Bequest, 2006
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accession number:NG 2813
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Julius Caesar Ibbetson
Julius Caesar Ibbetson
Allegedly named because of his birth by caesarean section, Julius Caesar Ibbetson attempted through his life to hide his middle name. He was initially apprenticed to a ship painter in Hull where he also worked as a theatre scene painter before moving to London in 1777. He was a self-taught artist,...