Panoramic View from Calton Hill (section 5)

Category

Library Item

Item no

39163

Title

Panoramic view from Calton Hill (section 5)

Description

This panorama section shows the view looking down Leith Walk towards the harbour and pottery kilns at Leith and boats sailing on the Firth of Forth. There is a grand house and garden in the foreground and the original botanical gardens and cottage on Leith Walk.

Artist / maker

Barker, Robert

Date

1793

Size

43.0 x 54.5 cm

Type

Aquatint

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This section belongs to a six sheet aquatint reproduction of Barker's earlier panorama. The original drawing was made to Robert Barker's specification by his son Henry Aston. Henry's drawings were then made into large scale paintings and exhibited in Panorama buildings, built to Barker's design. The Barker enterprise transferred to London where it became a thriving business.

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Related subjects

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Botanical gardens

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

Landscape > Water > Harbours

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Potteries

Places > Edinburgh areas > Greenside

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats

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