Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Fonds — Folder: Coll-1092 (E2006.22)
Identifier: Coll-1092
Scope and Contents
This is an incomplete non-aqua-tinted version of the earliest panorama view - and a modest panorama. The panorama is composed of only four of the full collection of a six part set.
The panorama shows (when the parts are laid adjacent to each other, and from right to left):
- - Calton Hill, and the Observatory there, looking east towards Berwick Law and the Forth estuary
- - Towards Leith, fields, to the Forth, and across to Fife
- - Top end of what is today Leith Walk, across to the Inverlieth area, the Forth, and across to Fife
- - (not included in the set)
- - High Street from Tron Church to the edge of Holyrood Park, looking south
- - (not included in the set)
Dates
- Creation: 1789-1790
Extent
4 engravings
Subject
- Title
- Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill, by Robert Barker (1739-1806)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk