Methodist Chapel in Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

18708

Title

Methodist Chapel in Edinburgh

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Lacy, S

Date

1829

Size

10.2 x 14.8 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 Methodist Chapel in Edinburgh in Nicholson Square was opened in 1816.

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