Edinburgh from the Calton Hill

Category

Library Item

Item no

11102

Title

Edinburgh from the Calton Hill

Description

Two women are working (possibly drying washing) on the grass of Calton Hill beside the Dugald Stewart Monument and overlooking the city which stretches out below.

Artist / maker

Swarbreck, Samuel Dunkinfield

Engraver

Swarbreck, Samuel Dunkinfield

Date

1837

Size

31.4 x 42.2 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Duguld Stewart's Monument is located on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It was erected in 1831 in memory of the Scottish philosopher who died in 1828. As with the National Monument, William H. Playfair drew inspiration for this memorial from Athens, modelling his design on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

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