Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

18692

Title

Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Date

1829

Size

9.4 x 14.9 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 Bank of Scotland headquarters is situated at the top of the Mound in Edinburgh. It was designed by Robert Reid and Richard Crichton and built between 1802 and 1806. It was substantially enlarged in the 1860s.

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