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Old Town (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

A view of the New-Bridge of Edinburgh, with the adjacent buildings of the Old and New Town. From the West, 1779

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/197
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A view of the New-Bridge of Edinburgh, with the adjacent buildings of the Old and New Town. From the West. Line engraving. 1779. Donaldson, Thomas fl.1742-1788, Artist; Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812, Engraver.

Published in: Arnot, History of Edinburgh (1779).

Note: This item reproduced in Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh (1966), as fig. 11. cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 103v (1) and (2).

Dates: 1779

Edinburgh, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/7(ii)
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Edinburgh. Line engraving. Undated. Kay, A., Artist.

Note: Anonymous version, with variant figures, of J. H. Clark's aquatint after A. Kay (1812).

Dates: undated

Edinburgh. A View of the Old Town taken from Princes Street, 1 August 1814

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/14
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Edinburgh. A View of the Old Town taken from Princes Street. Coloured aquatint. 1 August 1814. Kay, A., Artist; Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, Engraver; McIntosh, Daniel, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh. Published … by Danl. McIntosh, Repository of Arts, No 16 St Andrews Street.

Dates: 1 August 1814

[Edinburgh from Castle Esplanade], 1846

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/2(ii)
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[Edinburgh from Castle Esplanade]. Wood engraving. 1846. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford Edition), vol. 10 (1846), Chronicles of the Canongate, p.347.

Dates: 1846

Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, 1830

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/170(ii)
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Edinburgh from the Calton Hill. Etching. 1830. Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848, Artist, Etcher; Hill, Alexander, 1800-1866, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Pubd. By Alexr. Hill, 50 Princes St.

Note: Outline plate (No. 2.), with key to the view published in Batty's Select Views Of Some Of The Principal Cities Of Europe (1832).

Dates: 1830

Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill, 1848

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/173
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Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill. Line engraving. 1848. Harvey, William, 1796-1866, Artist; Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809-1886, Engraver; Johnson, Edward Killingworth, 1825-1896, Artist; Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Charles Knight.

Published in: The Land We Live In (1847-50), vol. 2.

Note: 'From a sketch by Killingworth Johnson'.

Dates: 1848

Edinburgh, from the King's Bastion, 1832

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/51
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Edinburgh, from the King's Bastion. 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: '9'; At top right: '1st'; 1825 edition, with amendments (Tron Kirk).

Dates: 1832

Edinburgh Old Town, from Princes Street, 1 July 1841

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/196(ii)
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Edinburgh Old Town, from Princes Street. Line engraving. 1 July 1841. Richardson, T. M. (Thomas Miles), 1784-1848, Artist; Dobbie, Thomas, -approximately 1846, Engraver; Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh, Published by … Adam & Charles Black, 27 North Bridge.

Published in: Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland (1842).

Dates: 1 July 1841

Edinburgh. The New Royal High School, 1 January 1831

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/181
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Edinburgh. The New Royal High School. Line engraving. 1 January 1831. Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848, Artist; Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, Engraver; Moon, Boys, and Graves, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London : published ... by Moon, Boys, and Graves, printsellers to the King, 6 Pall Mall.

Published in: Batty, Lieut-Col Robert, Select Views Of Some Of The Principal Cities Of Europe (1832).

Dates: 1 January 1831

Old Fish Market Close from the Cowgate, 1825

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/151
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Old Fish Market Close from the Cowgate. 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).

Dates: 1825