The front of the Royal Infirmary

Category

Library Item

Item no

5418

Title

A perspective view of the front of the Royal Infirmary from the north

Description

People walk by the entrance of the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. A horse and cart carrying barrels also travels past the hospital.

Artist / maker

Elphinstone, John

Engraver

Unknown

Date

1740

Size

21 x 32.5 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from a volume in our collections entitled, "Fifteen Views of the most remarkable buildings of the City of Edinburgh by the Honorable J. Elphinstone" which unfortunately is not complete or in its original condition.
The images from this volume are credited to John Elphinstone although there is some uncertainty around the authorship of some of the pictures. The first three in the volume, (‘A view of the new-bridge of Edinburgh, with the adjacent buildings of the Old and New-Town’, ‘A view of the abby - church in ruins, from the north west’ and ‘A view of St. Roques - Church in ruins from the north east’) have a slightly different feel and style to the rest of the images and the image of the original North Bridge pre-dates the bridge itself.

For further information, please view the exhibition page for The "most remarkable buildings of the city of Edinburgh" by the Honorable J. Elphinstone.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary moved to its Lauriston Place site in 1879 having been previously located at Robertson's Close and then Infirmary Street. It moved again in 2003 to a new site at Little France, and the Lauriston Place site is now the location for the Quartermile development.

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Healthcare and welfare > Healthcare and welfare facilities > Hospitals

Places > Edinburgh areas > Tollcross

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

(55°56′54″N, 3°11′5″W)

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