Part of Royal Circus, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

18697

Title

Part of Royal Circus, Edinburgh

Description

Men on horseback with top hats and a horse drawn carriage travel along the Royal Circus. There is a garden with many bushes and trees behind iron railings in the middle of the road.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Bond, W H

Date

1829

Size

9.8 x 15.2 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.

Royal Circus is situated roughly half a mile north of Princes Street. Along with the adjacent North West Circle Place it was designed by W. H. Playfair and built in the early 1820's.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

Clothing and dress > Garments > Coats

Clothing and dress > Garments > Dresses

Clothing and dress > Garments > Uniforms

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

People > Adults > Men

People > Adults > Women

People > Children > Boys

Places > Edinburgh areas > New Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Stockbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

Transport > Land > Horse and carriages

Transport > Land > Horse and riders

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