Loch Leven Castle, from Kinros

Category

Library Item

Item no

18724

Title

Loch Leven Castle, from Kinros [Kinross]

Description

Loch Leven Castle sits on an island in the midst of a loch surrounded by hills. The Castle building is dominated by its tower house, and surrounded by trees. At the rocky shore of the loch there are windswept trees and a man sits on a rowing boat. A beam of light radiates from the cloudy overcast sky.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Lacy, S

Date

1829

Size

9.5 x 15.5 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image comes from 'Modern Athens', a book of engravings based on drawings by Thomas Shepherd published in 1829. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Edinburgh was growing rapidly. The popular neoclassical architectural style of the time was inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and Edinburgh was nicknamed 'Athens of the North'. Shepherd's engravings celebrate the beauty of Edinburgh and show many notable buildings and streets both within the city, and further afield.

Lochleven Castle dates back to at least the fourteenth century when it was used during the Wars of Independence. Robert the Bruce visited the castle in 1313 and 1323. In 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots was taken prisoner in the castle.
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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Hills

Landscape > Land > Islands

Landscape > Water > Loch, lakes and ponds

Natural phenomena > Weather > Clouds

Places > Scotland > Kinross-shire

Transport > Water > Boats

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