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Edinburgh (Scotland) -- prospects

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created for Symbolae Scoticae

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

South View of Edinburgh, 1823

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/41
Scope and Contents

South View of Edinburgh. Lithograph. 1823. Baynes, Thomas Mann, 1794-1854, Artist; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, Lithographer; Walther, D., Publisher.

Publisher statement: D Walther, Brydges Street, Covent Garden.

Published in: Baynes, Twenty Views of the City and Environs of Edinburgh (1823).

Dates: 1823
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

The Stone Quarries, Craigleith, Near Edinburgh, From Which the New Town Was Built, 31 January 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/263(ii)
Scope and Contents

The Stone Quarries, Craigleith, Near Edinburgh, From Which the New Town Was Built. Line engraving. 31 January 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Wallis, William 1780-1855, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published ... by Jones & Co, Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London.

Published in: T. H. Shepherd, Modern Athens! (1829).

Dates: 31 January 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[View near Edinburgh], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/244
Scope and Contents

[View near Edinburgh]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription 'Edin. Clerk no. 23.' Pen and wash copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B77 [Bertram (2012), identifying Coltbridge Tower], no. 23 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh
p. 9, detail
p. 9, detail

View of Edinburgh from the North West, 1795

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/9(i)
Scope and Contents

View of Edinburgh from the North West. Line engraving. 1795. Wilson, Andrew, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver.

Note: Another state (with variant letters) of plate included in 'Edinburgh' (1796) - see also Coll-10/1/261(i). cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 1v(3).

Dates: 1795
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[View of Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/38
Scope and Contents

[View of Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription 'Clerk drawing no. 61. Original in King's Coll. ' Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B56 [Bertram (2012), identifying Old College as the centre building], no. 61 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

View of St. Anthony's Chapel, 15 October 1773

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/2(i)
Scope and Contents

View of St. Anthony's Chapel. Line engraving. 15 October 1773. Hearne, Thomas, 1744-1817, Artist, Publisher; Smith, S., Engraver; Byrne, William, 1743-1805, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London: Publish'd as the Act Directs … by T. Hearne & W. Byrne.

Published in: Hearne and Byrne, Antiquities of Great-Britain (1786).

Note: Plate no [XX] trimmed from top right. With dedication to the Lord Provost and Corporation of the City of Edinburgh.

Dates: 15 October 1773
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian