Edinburgh from Salisbury Crags

Category

Library Item

Item no

725

Title

Edinburgh from Salisbury Crags

Description

People walk along the path immediately below Salisbury Crags or stand on top of them. To the left the view from the hill looks out across Edinburgh, past the Castle to the setting sun, hidden behind clouds.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1825

Size

15 x 40 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by David McLetchie, MSP - "I was brought up close to Holyrood Park where I played and climbed as a child. We are fortunate to have Arthur's Seat and the imposing Salisbury Crags in the heart of our city" David McLetchie.

Sailsbury crags were formed by a combination of volcanic activity and glacial erosion. James Hutton's studies of the Crags formed an important part of his 1788 work 'Theory of the Earth', the book that earned him his reputation as the founder of modern geology.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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Landscape > Land > Hills

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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