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A perspective view of the front of the Tron kirk. Etching. c.1740. Elphinstone, John, 1706-1753, Artist; Parr, Nathaniel, -1751, Etcher; Phinn, Thomas, Publisher.

Published in: Twelve Perspective Views of the Principal Buildings in Edinburgh.

Note: Published in this state in Hugo Arnot, History of Edinburgh (1779), p. 272-73.

Creech's Land, and Cross. Wood engraving. 1833. William and Robert Chambers, Publisher.

Published in: Robert Chambers, Reekiana: Minor Antiquities of Edinburgh (1833).

Cross at Edinburgh. Line engraving. 7 January 1791. Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, Artist; Newton, James, 1748-approximately 1804, Engraver; Hooper, S. (Samuel), Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by S. Hooper.

Published in: Grose, Antiquities of Scotland, vol. I (1789).

Note: Detail of this item reproduced in Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh (1966), as fig. 2.

High Street, Edinburgh. Line engraving. December 1832. Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, Artist; Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, Engraver; Chapman and Hall, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London, Published … by Chapman & Hall, 68 Strand.

Published in: W. Finden, Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels (1834), vol. 2.

Note: Below, at left: 'The Abbott'. Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] LIW0048.

High Street, from Fountain Well. Line engraving. 1832. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Hamilton, John, Publisher.

Published in: Edinburgh Delineated (1832).

Note: At top left: '8'; at top right: '2d'.

High Street, Netherbow and Canongate. Line engraving. 1825. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Lizars, Daniel, 1793-, Publisher.

Published in: Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825).

New County Hall, and Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. Line engraving. 1 January 1830. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

Published in: T. H. Shepherd, Modern Athens! (1829).

Old Jail, High Church and County Hall. Etching. 1817. Gibson, Patrick, 1782-1829, Artist, Etcher; Pillans, J., & Son, Publisher.

Published in: Select Views in Edinburgh (1818).

Note: Plate 4. Numbers keyed to book text. cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 21v(3).

St. Giles' Church, looking West. Line engraving. 5 December 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

Published in: T. H. Shepherd, Modern Athens! (1829).

The House of John Knox (High-Street, Edinburgh). Line engraving. 1838. Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, Artist; Radclyffe, Edward, 1810-1863, Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: W. Beattie, Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views (1838), vol. I.

Note: cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 35r(2).