Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject = "Calton Hill"
Back to search results
The National Monument (Edinburgh's Disgrace)
MacLean, Kevin, 2007, Digital image
Item
of 203
The National Monument (Edinburgh's Disgrace)
The National Monument (Edinburgh's Disgrace)
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
10810
Title
The National Monument (Edinburgh's Disgrace) from the roof of the City Observatory
Description
The unfinished National Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. The classical structure is made up of a row of columns. The view also takes in the buildings of the north-eastern part of the city towards the river Forth.
Artist / maker
MacLean, Kevin
Date
2007
Size
19 x 25.4 cm
Type
Digital image
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The National Monument is situated on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It was intended to be a grand memorial to the Scots killed in the Napoleonic Wars. It was to be a facsimile of the Parthenon in Athens, and would have functioned as a church. The collection of subscriptions began in 1822, and C. R. Cockerell and William H. Playfair were employed to work on the project. Funds were exhausted by 1829, and the monument has remained unfinished, leading to it sometimes being referred to as 'Edinburgh's disgrace'.
Exhibitions with this item
The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
Contemporary Edinburgh in Photographs
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Architecture
>
Monuments
>
Memorial monuments
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
Calton Hill
Places
>
Scotland
>
Edinburgh
More like this
Rights and purchasing
Option
Price
Digital File
Electronic file 72 dpi JPEG
£5.80
(inc. VAT 20%)
Add
Digital File
Electronic File 300 dpi TIFF
£29.40
(inc. VAT 20%)
Add
You can view and use digital images for personal and educational use. For more information, read our
policy on image use
.
If you wish to use our images for commercial use, please
contact us
.