Roslin Castle, near Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

More often associated with his home town of Exeter and its environs, White Abbott made his first tour of Scotland in the summer of 1791, producing around 80 drawings. Typically, he inscribed the verso of the sheet with the date and time of the drawing, as well as a number placing it within the tour, following the habit of his drawing master, Francis Towne (1739-1816). This sheet, numbered 12, must have been made on his journey north into Scotland. Another sheet, Near Roslyn Castle, Edinburgh is numbered 14, and was sold in these Rooms, 3 June 2004, lot 53.
The ruins of Roslin Castle are a few hundred metres from Rosslyn Chapel. Both were popular subjects for artists interested in the Romantic in the 18th and early 19th Centuries.
Another drawing from this tour is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.