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Old College, The University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

A View of Edinburgh, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/3
Scope and Contents

A View of Edinburg. Etching. Undated. Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, Artist.

Note: cf. 'West View of the City of Edinburgh' attributed to Sandby in George III Collection, BL Maps K.Top.49.67.c.

Dates: undated

Design of the East Front of the New Building for the University of Edinburgh, 26 October 1791

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/212(ii)
Scope and Contents

Design of the East Front of the New Building for the University of Edinburgh. Line engraving. 26 October 1791. Adam, Robert, 1728-1792, Architect; Anderson, James, 1739-1808, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Engraved, by permission, for The Bee, and Published as the Act Directs.

Published in: The Bee, vol. 5, 19 October 1791, fp. 225.

Note: With scale.

Dates: 26 October 1791

Laying the foundation stone of the New College, 28 November 1789

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/205
Scope and Contents

Laying the foundation stone of the New College. Etching. 28 November 1789. Allan, David, 1744-1796, Artist, Etcher.

Dates: 28 November 1789

Models of Old College

 Collection — Openshelf Coll-1811
Identifier: Coll-1811
Scope and Contents 4 papier mache models of Old College, comprising a pair depicting the frontage and one of the side wings and single model depicting the frontage. Model of the Robert Adam frontage. (c 1790s) Model of the Robert Adam frontage, in a frame by Wm. Archer. (c 1790s) Pair of models showing frontage an one of the side wings, formerly held at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. (c...
Dates: 1790s -

Plan of the College of Edinburgh as it will appear when finished; and, Plan of the College of Edinburgh as it appears at present, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/208
Scope and Contents

Plan of the College of Edinburgh as it will appear when finished; and, Plan of the College of Edinburgh as it appears at present. Line engraving. Undated. Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver.

Published in: W.H. Lizars, Sketches of the College of Edinburgh (n.d.), no. 1.

Note: cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 95r.

Dates: undated

South Bridge Street, 1832

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/207(ii)
Scope and Contents

South Bridge Street. 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: '19'; at top right: '1st'; as 1825 edition, with amendments (Tron Kirk).

Dates: 1832

The University, 1 December 1819

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/212(i)
Scope and Contents

The University. Line engraving. 1 December 1819. Storer, James, 1771-1853, Artist, Publisher; Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837, Engraver, Publisher; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Drawn, Engd. & Pubd. By J. & H. S. Storer, Chapel Street, Pentonville.

Published in: Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity (1820), vol. 2.

Dates: 1 December 1819

The University, South Bridge Street, 5 December 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/207(i)
Scope and Contents

The University, South Bridge Street. Line engraving. 5 December 1829. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

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

Dates: 5 December 1829

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

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/38
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[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

View of the old buildings, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/211
Scope and Contents

View of the old buildings. Line engraving. Undated. Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver.

Published in: W.H. Lizars, Sketches of the College of Edinburgh (n.d.), no.4.

Note: cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 95v(1).

Dates: undated