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View from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St John’s Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c. 1848, c 1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/5/10

Scope and Contents

Reproduction photograph showing view from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St John’s Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c1848. The Church St Columba’s 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

From the Fonds:

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

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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