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Calton Hill (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 55°57'18.1"N 3°10'57.9"W

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

North Bridge, Calton Hill, 1832

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/195(i)
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North Bridge, Calton Hill. Line engraving. 1832. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Hamilton, John, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh: John Hamilton; London: Simpkin and Marshall.

Published in: Edinburgh Delineated (1832).

Note: At top left: '19'; At top right: '1st'; as 1825 edition, with amendments.

Dates: 1832

North Bridge, Calton Hill, &c. from the Bank of Scotland, 28 March 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/193
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North Bridge, Calton Hill, &c. from the Bank of Scotland. Line engraving. 28 March 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Lacey, Samuel, active 1818-1857, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

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

Dates: 28 March 1829

[Observatory], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/164
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[Observatory]. Pencil with watercolour. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist.

Note: Copy [by Adam White?] of an 18thC original. Pencil annotation: 'Observatory / Original done in Grose's time? Bought at Evans' [possibly Edward Evans, Great Queen Street]. Date [of original] in pencil: '3 September 1788'.

Dates: undated

Palace of Holyroodhouse. East front, 10 August 1826

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/124(ii)
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Palace of Holyroodhouse. East front. Line engraving. 10 August 1826. Johnstone, James, Artist, Engraver; Johnstone, John, Artist, Engraver; Cunningham, John, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh: Published by J. Cunningham, 15 Bank Street; and J. & J. Johnstone, 134 High Street.

Published in: Historical and Descriptive Account of the Palace and Chapel-Royal of Holyroodhouse (1826).

Note: Plate IV: 'Drawn and engraved by J & J Johnstone'.

Dates: 10 August 1826

Regent Bridge, New Jail, etc. from the West, 1817

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/171
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Regent Bridge, New Jail, etc. from the West. Etching. 1817. Gibson, Patrick, 1782-1829, Artist, Etcher; Pillans, J., & Son, Publisher.

Published in: Select Views in Edinburgh (1818).

Note: Plate 1. Numbers keyed to book text. This item reproduced in Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh (1966), as fig. 42b. cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 105v(2).

Dates: 1817

The Calton Hill, 1 January 1831

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/167
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The Calton Hill. Line engraving. 1 January 1831. Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848, Artist; Kernot, James Harfield, 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).

Note: Detail of this item reproduced in Youngson, Making of Classical Edinburgh, as fig. 46.

Dates: 1 January 1831

The Jail Governor's House, Edinburgh, 31 January 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/175(ii)
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The Jail Governor's House, Edinburgh. Line engraving. 31 January 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Wallis, William 1780-1855, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

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

Dates: 31 January 1829

The Martyrs' Obelisk, Edinburgh - (From the Parapet of North Bridge), 22 November 1845

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/194
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The Martyrs' Obelisk, Edinburgh - (From the Parapet of North Bridge). Wood engraving. 22 November 1845. Smyth, Frederick James, Engraver; Illustrated London News, Publisher.

Published in: Illustrated London News, 22 November 1845, p.332.

Dates: 22 November 1845

The new Bridewell, Salisbury Craigs, and Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill, 16 May 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/170(i)
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The new Bridewell, Salisbury Craigs, and Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill. Line engraving. 16 May 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Tombleson, William, 1795-, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

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

Dates: 16 May 1829

The New Jail, from Calton Hill, 16 May 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/174(i)
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The New Jail, from Calton Hill. Line engraving. 16 May 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Tombleson, William, 1795-, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

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

Dates: 16 May 1829