Edinburgh, Scotland

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3 Photographic prints showing a number of images of the interior of Patrick Geddes' Outlook Tower, Edinburgh.

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3 Glass plate negatives showing a number of images of the interior of Patrick Geddes' Outlook Tower, Edinburgh.

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Glass plate negatives, from which photographic prints were made, these prints forming part of Patrick Geddes' "First Planning Survey of Edinburgh". The glass plate negatives were made especially for the survey of Edinburgh as an example of Geddes' method to demonstrate, in visual form, phases in the development of Edinburgh over several critical historic periods. In this way he attempted to make the connection of the present with the past.

Scope and Contents A set of photographic prints was made in the 1980s by John McGovern, a photographer within the University of Edinburgh's department of Architecture from a series of Photographic prints which were generated as part of Patrick Geddes' "First Planning Survey of Edinburgh" (listed in this archive catalogue under Coll-1167/B/26). The scenes were arranged according to their districts, beginning with the Castle and the Outlook Tower, and then showing further scenes in four other separate districts....

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Likely to be a duplicate reproduction of an engraving by unknown artist [possibly James Gordon, c. 1615-1686], showing the "Plan of Edinburgh eactly done for the original of the famous De Wit, 1647". The item is marked "Printed and sold by John Bowles at te Black Horse in Cornhill. 58."

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Likely to be a duplicate reproduction of an engraving by unknown artist [possibly James Gordon, c. 1615-1686, but different to the engraver of the item with the same description and reference Coll_1167/B/9/7], showing the "Plan of Edinburgh eactly done for the original of the famous De Wit, 1647". The item is marked "Printed and sold by L. Smith in his shop in the West End of Exeter Change in the Strand".

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13 Photographic prints showing a variety of scenes within the Pleasance, Richmond Street and Salisbury Square areas of Edinburgh, the corresponding glass plate negatives of which formed part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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13 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Pleasance, Richmond Street and Salisbury Square areas of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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19 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Vennel and Candlemaker Row areas of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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19 Photographic prints showing a variety of scenes within the Vennel and Candlemaker Row areas of Edinburgh, the corresponding glass plate negatives of which formed part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.