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St George's Church & west side of Charlotte Square
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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St George's Church, & west side of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
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St George's Church has a tower with a large dome on its top, with a balustrade. The vestible is supported by four columns with two pilasters. The church is surrounded by buildings on each side.
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Watkins, W
Date
1829
Size
11.0 x 15.0 cm
Type
Engraving
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image comes from 'Modern Athens', a book of engravings based on drawings by Thomas Shepherd published in 1829. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Edinburgh was growing rapidly. The popular neoclassical architectural style of the time was inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and Edinburgh was nicknamed 'Athens of the North'. Shepherd's engravings celebrate the beauty of Edinburgh and show many notable buildings and streets both within the city, and further afield.
West Register House was completed in 1811, originally as St George's Church. Standing in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the church was intended to mirror another church at the opposite end of George Street, but this plan was never realised. The original design for the building was made by Robert Adam, but his plans were substantially modified by Robert Reid. The building was taken over by the government in 1964 and is now used by the National Archives of Scotland.
Charlotte Square is situated close to the West End of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It was named on James Craig's original New Town plan as St. George's Square, but changed in 1786 to Charlotte Square after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.
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