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Great Conflagration - as seen from Calton Hill
Turner de Lond, W., 1825, Lithograph
Great Conflagration - as seen from Calton Hill
Great Conflagration - as seen from Calton Hill
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7302
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Great Conflagration - Edinburgh as seen from Calton Hill
Artist / maker
Turner de Lond, W.
Engraver
Robertson & Ballantine
Date
1825
Size
26.7 x 37.8 cm
Type
Lithograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Great Fire of 1824 broke out in Old Assembly Close. It burnt for four days, destroying two tenements and the Tron Kirk. It killed 11 residents and two firemen from the recently formed Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment. Four hundred people were left homeless.
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