Christmas Festival, Princes Street Gardens

Category

Library Item

Item no

16451

Title

Christmas Festival, Princes Street Gardens

Description

A night scene of the Christmas Festival in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. A floodlit ice rink stands next to a fair ground festooned with lights. A helter-skelter and several merry-go-rounds can be seen. The floodlit Bank of Scotland stands at the Head of the Mound, whilst the spires of the Hub (Tolbooth St John's Kirk) and of New College are silhouetted against the sky.

Artist / maker

Murphy, Bernard

Date

2006

Size

10.1 x 14.9 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Princes Street Gardens were established on the site of the Nor' Loch which was drained during the C18. The park was originally for the exclusive use of the residents of Princes Street, but was opened to the public in 1876. The gardens contain various statues of notable figures, as well as the Ross fountain and bandstand and the famous floral clock.

Edinburgh Waverley is the second largest mainline railway station in the UK. There were originally three stations on the site, serving three separate railway companies including the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway whose trains ran through a tunnel underneath

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