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[Edinburgh & the north lock with the bank on which the new town is built], c.1750

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/50

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Scope and Contents

[Edinburgh & the north lock with the bank on which the new town is built]. Pen and ink with watercolour. c.1750. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, Artist.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'View from Castle Hill, about 1745. Original in King's Collection'. Copy [by Adam White?] of Sandby watercolour in BL: Maps K.Top.50.96.b., date c.1750. This item, Adam White's copy, is reproduced in Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh (1966), as fig. 4.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1750

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Full Extent

1 drawing ; 25.3 x 54 cm

Additional Description

Physical Description

Light tracing paper on heavier paper. Album page 49/50 detached; this plate partially detached, reproduction instructions in pencil on verso

Physical Facet

pen and ink with watercolour

Dimensions

25.3 x 54 cm

General

Pencil inscription: 'View from Castle Hill, about 1745. Original in King's Collection'. Copy [by Adam White?] of Sandby watercolour in BL: Maps K.Top.50.96.b., date c.1750. This item, Adam White's copy, is reproduced in Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh (1966), as fig. 4

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Repository Details

Repository Details

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