Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

6619

Title

Edinburgh from Lixmount on the road from Leith to Trinity

Description

Across the trees of Trinity the distant Edinburgh skyline is visible. The Castle, Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags are the most prominent landmarks.

Artist / maker

Ewbank, John Wilson

Engraver

Lizars, W. H.

Date

1825

Size

20.3 x 26.8 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Full title reads:
Edinburgh from the villa of Lixmount on the road from Leith to Trinity

Lixmount House was a late 18th century home situated in the Trinity area of Edinburgh. The house no longer exists but late 19th century housing developments in its estate, for example Lixmount Gardens, still carry its name.

Trinity is an area of Edinburgh situated immediately to the west of Newhaven.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Hills

Places > Edinburgh areas > Trinity

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

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