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Doun [Doune]
De Cardonnel, Adam, 1788, Etching
Doun [Doune]
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Title
Doun [Doune]
Description
This is an image of Doune Castle in Perthshire.
Artist / maker
De Cardonnel, Adam
Date
1788
Size
7.0 x 9.0 cm
Type
Etching
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The British 19th century engraver and archaeologist Adam de Cardonnel was an educated man who practiced for a short while as a surgeon however his family's wealth gave him the leisure to indulge his interest in antiquities and numismatics. At the end of 1780 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland where he also served as curator from 1782 to 1784. Cardonnel later went on to produce work titled as 'Numismata Scotiae' which was published in Edinburgh in 1786 and 'Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland' which was published in London in 1788. Soon after this Adam De Cardonnel took over his cousin - Hilton Lawson's - estates in Chirton and Cramlington in Northumberland where he then served as sheriff for the county in 1796 and became knows as 'Adam De Cardonnel-Lawson'. Cardonnel spent his last days in Bath and after dying at age 73 he was buried at Cramlington in June 1820.
Doune Castle was built at the end of the 1300s for Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany. Doune Castle is a place of pilgrimage for Monty Python fans who visit to see the place where scenes from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' was filmed. Younger generations may recognise it as the fictional Castle Leoch in the TV adaptation of the "Outlander" novels.
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