Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry

Category

Library Item

Item no

459

Title

Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry - Edinbourg pris de Craigleith Quarry

Description

A coloured lithograph of the view across the City of Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry. In the foreground two women and a man rest on boulders at the edge of a winding path. Trees follow the edges of the paths that wend their way towards the city. The castle can be seen atop the Castle Rock as well as various church spires and the buildings of the New Town. Calton Hill and its monuments lie to the left and in the background the peak of Arthur's Seat can be seen.

Artist / maker

Dupressoir

Engraver

R de Kaeppelin

Date

1834

Size

27.9 x 32.4 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Additional information provided on the print: Scherif D'Edimbourg. PL.2. London published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street. H.Hooper, 13 Pall Mall L art. Paris publie par Kaeppelin, rue du Croissant, No 20.

The city of Edinburgh is built around seven hills, mostly volcanic in origin. It is bordered to its north by the Firth of Forth, and to its south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh has been Scotland's capital since the mid fifteenth century, but evidence of human habitation on the site stretches back some 7000 years. The central city is made up of the Old Town area immediately surrounding the Castle and the Royal Mile, and the New Town to the north, an important example of eighteenth and nineteenth century neoclassical town planning. These central areas were designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Other more modern developments, from the nineteenth century to the present, radiate from this central area incorporating many older villages. Edinburgh attracts more tourists than any other city in the UK except London, especially during the annual festivals in August.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Craigleith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

Places > Edinburgh areas > New Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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