The Royal Scottish Academy
Artist: Cameron, David Young, Sir, RSA RA RSW RE · 1865-1945
The print was issued to subscribers of a special edition of 'The Royal Scottish Academy 1826–1916', by William Darling McKay and Frank Rinder. It shows William Henry Playfair’s two great gallery buildings seen from East Princes Street Gardens. Cameron captured these ‘temples to the art’s and their setting with his typically economical use of line, creating an atmospheric print that celebrates Playfair’s designs. Cameron was very particular about the quality of his printing and would only produce about fifty impressions of each plate to prevent deterioration of the plate resulting in poor quality prints. Cameron's original copper etching plate, cancelled by him, is in the NGS collections (PLATE.36).
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Date 1916 Accession 1994.064 Type Print Etching and drypoint Materials Support paper
Medium InkDimensions Plate
18.1cm x 35.2cmAcquisition Gift Maclehose, James J (1916) -
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