View from the roof of Paton's Fine Art Gallery

Category

Library Item

Item no

2380

Title

View from the roof of Paton's Fine Art Gallery

Description

The view of Edinburgh from Paton's Art Gallery shows the National Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy. The Scott Monument is most prominent. Also visible are Princes Street, Princes Street Gardens, the Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland and Edinburgh Castle. Railway tracks have a vehicle on them. Washing dries on a line. A row of horse-drawn carriages are lined along the road.

Artist / maker

Tunny, James Good

Date

1854

Size

19.9 x 25.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation on page reads: "View from the roof of Paton's Fine Art Gallery on the site now occupied by the Waverley Market. The staircases and the long wooden gangway gave access from Princes Street to the Edin Perth & Dundee and to the N. B. Railway Stations."

J. G. Tunny, Member of the Photographic Society of Scotland. This work exhibited in the first annual exhibition, 1856. Edinburgh.

The National Gallery is situated at the foot of the Mound immediately behind the Royal Scottish Academy. W. H. Playfair was the architect for both buildings. The National Gallery's foundation stone was laid by Prince Albert in 1850 and construction was completed in 1854, 28 years after the Academy. It houses Scotland's largest and most important collection of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance through to the late 19th century. The building is now linked underground to the Royal Scottish Academy.

The Royal Scottish Academy, originally the Royal Institution, is situated at the junction of Princes Street and the Mound in Edinburgh. Completed in 1826, the building was designed by W. H. Playfair in the Greek Doric style. It was extended and improved by the same architect between 1831 - 36, and a statue of Queen Victoria was added at the front in 1844. The building is now linked underground to the National Gallery. The Academy promotes and exhibits the work of living Scottish artists.

The Scott Monument was built as a memorial to the writer Sir Walter Scott. Construction took place between 1840-1846 on the George Kemp design. Two hundred and eighty seven steps take you to the top, offering views along Edinburgh's Princes Street.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carriages

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