Regent Bridge, Waterloo Place

Swarbreck, Samuel Dunkinfield, 1837, Lithograph

Category

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Item no

9238

Title

Regent Bridge, Waterloo Place

Description

On the road in Waterloo Place, Edinburgh are horses and covered carts, a woman carrying baskets on her back and two soldiers one of whom is playing the bagpipes. The soldiers are in uniform which includes kilts. Street lighting is on either side. People on the pavement are walking although a man has stopped to talk to a group of women.

Artist / maker

Swarbreck, Samuel Dunkinfield

Date

1837

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Regent Bridge was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, and built between 1816 and 1819 to improve access to central Edinburgh from the London Road approach. Robert Stevenson was the engineer for the project. The Bridge spans a ravine between Calton Hill and Princes Street. The road which it carries was named Waterloo Place to commemorate the great battle of 1815.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Columns

People > Entertainment and sports > Pipers

People > Military activities > Soldiers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Musical instruments

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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