Cameron was encouraged to take up etching in 1887 by the collector and amateur etcher George Stevenson, who had seen a couple of the young artist’s drawings in a shop window. Stevenson introduced him to the etching technique, financed him, presented him to dealers, and published Cameron’s first series of etchings, including the ‘Clyde Set’ in 1889. This print, showing Perth Bridge on the River Tay, was published in the influental periodical 'The Portfolio' in 1889. Cameron skilfully constructed an atmospheric perspective by creating a tonal transition from deeply etched dark areas in the foreground, to a light background with outlines of distant hills hardly touched by acid.