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

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

A View of Edinburgh, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/3
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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)
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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
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Laying the foundation stone of the New College. Etching. 28 November 1789. Allan, David, 1744-1796, Artist, Etcher.

Dates: 28 November 1789

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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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