The Pentland Hills, from Duddingstone [Duddingston Loch

Category

Library Item

Item no

18725

Title

The Pentland Hills, from Duddingstone [Duddingston] Loch, Edinburgh

Description

This rural view looks over from Duddingston Loch to the Pentland Hills. The countryside is dotted with trees and fields. Craigmillar Castle is visible nestled behind trees. A woman sits next to the loch with a man who stands with a stick. Another man walks along the path with his dog.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Byrne, L

Date

1829

Size

9.7 x 16.0 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.

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Landscape > Land > Hills

Landscape > Water > Loch, lakes and ponds

Places > Edinburgh areas > Duddingston

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