View from Queen's Park with Clockmill House

Category

Library Item

Item no

10656

Title

View from Queen's Park with Clockmill House

Description

Two women sit on a hillside overlooking Edinburgh. A small dog stands beside them. The view from the hill looks out across Edinburgh, past Holyrood Palace, to St Giles and the faint outline of the Castle. On the right is Calton Hill.

Artist / maker

Brooks, J.

Date

1796

Size

21.7 x 37.6 cm

Type

Wash drawing

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Holyrood Park, otherwise known as Queen's Park, lies to the south east of Holyrood Abbey and Palace. Originally the sanctuary of Holyrood Abbey it later came under royal control and was enclosed by James V in the 1540s. Its dramatic landscape is the product of a combination of volcanic activity approximately 354 million years ago and the movement of glaciers between 1 million and 10,000 years ago. It incorporates several notable features including Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags and the remains of the medieval St Anthony's Chapel. The park also includes Duddingston, St Margaret's and Dunsapie Lochs, the latter two having been created in 1856 as part of Prince Albert's plans to beautify the park. Today the 650 acre park is a popular site for tourists and the city's walkers, runners and cyclists.

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Animals > Mammals > Dogs

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Hills

People > Adults > Women

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′13″N, 3°10′1″W)

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