View from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St Johns Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c. 1848, c 1914
Scope and Contents
Reproduction photograph showing view from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St Johns Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c1848. The Church St Columbas by the Castle on extreme right still under construction (1860). Note also that the upper two floors of the Outlook Tower had not been built yet. Inscribed on back of card in pencil, Photo D. O. Hill, before the construction of tenements to R. and Ramsay Garden (1894-98). Printed on back: Francis Caird Inglis, etc. etc., Portrait Studio, Rock House, Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Telephone No 1284. telegrams photographer, Edinburgh. Copy of calotype by Caird Inglis, from Sara Stevenson, National Portrait Gallery.
Dates
- Creation: c 1914
Language of Materials
English
French
Hebrew
Latin
Dutch
Flemish
Extent
1 photograph : Calotype ; 26.4 x 34.5 cms; 30.5 x 38 cms (mounted).
Stock Check (2016-2020)
Located
General
A2.37
Creator
- From the Fonds: Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) (Person)
Repository Details
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