Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Category

Library Item

Item no

6699

Title

Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Description

A panoramic view of the Edinburgh skyline with the Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in the foreground. The monument has a row of columns that encircle an urn on a plinth. Edinburgh Castle and buildings in the Old Town along with Calton cemetery, Princes Street and the Scott Monument are clearly visible.

Artist / maker

Burns, Archibald

Date

1868

Size

10.7 x 16.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh in the Stevenson's time was a city of great contrasts. The classically ordered New Town where the author's family resided contrasts sharply with the medieval closes and wynds of the Old Town.

Calton Hill is situated at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It rises to a height of 108 metres and is another of the city's hills created by volcanic activity. Several monuments stand on the hill. Most prominent amongst these are the Nelson Monument, built in the shape of a telescope, and the unfinished National Monument, modelled on the Parthenon in Athens.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton Hill

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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