East end of Princes Street

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11288

Title

East end of Princes Street with buildings on west side of the North Bridge

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1858

Size

17 x 14.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

No.28 in volume.

Annotation below title reads 'The long building in the foreground with roof level with the street was long occupied by H. Paton & Sons as a picture gallery. It was demolished about 1867 in connection with the formation of the Vegetable Market. The other buildings to the east of this were demolished about 1896.'

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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