Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh

Category

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Item no

18669

Title

Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh

Description

The Assembly Rooms has a grand portico with Roman Doric pillars. People walk along the pavement and under the arched entranceway of the Assembly Rooms. They are finely dressed with the men in tails with walking sticks and the women in bustling dresses and bonnets. A carriage drives down the road pulled by two horses.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

McClatchie, A

Date

1829

Size

9.5 x 15.0 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.

Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms are located on the section of George Street between Frederick Street and Hanover Street. The Assembly Rooms were designed by John Henderson and built between 1783 and 1787 to provide the residents of Edinburgh's fashionable New Town with a venue for social events. John Henderson's original design has undergone significant alterations. William Burn added the portico to the front of the building in 1817, and along with his partner, David Bryce, also added the Music Hall in 1843. The Assembly Rooms are owned by Edinburgh City Council and continue to be used as a venue for entertainment and social events.

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