The new bridewell, Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat

Category

Library Item

Item no

18658

Title

The new bridewell, Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill

Description

From the slopes of Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat and the Bridewell, a prison is viewed. The prison is a castle like building with many towers and battlements.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Tombleson, W

Date

1829

Size

9.7 x 16.2 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..

The Bridewell was built between 1791 and 1796, and designed by the architect Robert Adam.

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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