Waterloo Place, the National & Nelson's Monuments

Category

Library Item

Item no

18649

Title

Waterloo Place, the National & Nelson's Monuments, Calton Hill & c, Edinburgh

Description

Waterloo Place and Calton Hill are viewed from the East End of Princes Street. The National and Nelson's monuments sit on top of the hill. Part of Register House can be seen on the left. Across the road is the Theatre Royal. The buildings on Waterloo Place have matching porticos with pillars on either side. The street is busy with many people, horses and carriages.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Barber, T

Date

1829

Size

9.4 x 16.1 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image comes from 'Modern Athens', a book of engravings based on drawings by Thomas Shepherd published in 1829. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Edinburgh was growing rapidly. The popular neoclassical architectural style of the time was inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and Edinburgh was nicknamed 'Athens of the North'. Shepherd's engravings celebrate the beauty of Edinburgh and show many notable buildings and streets both within the city, and further afield.

Waterloo Place is situated at the east end of Princes Street. It is carried by Regent Bridge over the Low Calton ravine between Princes Street and Calton Hill.

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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