Edinburgh, Scotland

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Greyfriar's Churchyard, Castle Brewery in the background. Handwritten title by R. Dykes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20.

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Greyfriar's Churchyard, Castle Brewery in the background. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20.

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Likely to be a duplicate reproduction of an original. Part of a set of three. Signed “G. C,” (George Cattermole). Greyfriars Churchyard which Geddes comments becomes "Campo Santo of Presbyterianism" in his "The Civic Survey of Edinburgh" published in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Town Planning (1910). Edinburgh (Central) Public Library Catalogue of Prints, p. 205, details the “Signing of the National Covenant, engr. by J. D. Harding c. 1854.”

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Original calotype. A group of monuments including the Paton and Chalmers monuments with Heriot’s Hospital in the background but with no figures. The memorial is to Elizabeth Paton, wife of Johannes Cuningham ab Enterkin [sic], (Dumfriesshire), who died 10 February 1676. Many descendants are commemorated on this memorial.

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Likely a reproduction copy of a lithograph showing the Head of the West Bow. Drawn by William Leighton Leitch and engraved by James Duffiled Harding. Signed D.L. and W. Leitch. Shows the site of “The Butter Tron” at the junction of the Castle Hill, the West Bow and the Lawnmarket.

Scope and Contents A reproduction of a collotype, most probably cut from James Bone's "Edinburgh Revisited" (1911), with drawings by Hanslip Fletcher. Shown is Heriot’s Hospital quadrangle, (built 1628-1700) which is described in John Gifford, Colin McWilliam and David Walker's "Edinburgh" (1984) as "a prodigy of Scot's renaissance Architecture". Printed inscription in left hand margin reads “From Edinburgh Revisited by James Bone with Drawings by Hanslip Fletcher. Published by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.,...

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High Street opposite Parliament Square. St. Giles Street is on the extreme left. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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View of High Street, north side. Arches at the entrance of the City Chambers (The Royal Exchange, 1753) are visible on the extreme left. The offices have extended, replacing the buildings in the centre of the picture. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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View of High Street, north side. Cockburn Street is on the extreme right. Note that there is a continuation of the street frontage shown in Coll-1167/B/26/3/3, see also Coll-1167/B/26/3/1. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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High Street opposite Parliament Square. St. Giles Street is on the extreme left. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.