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Excise office, Drummond Place, Edinburgh
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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Excise office, Drummond Place, Edinburgh
Description
A grand house stands in the midst of a crescent of terraced Georgian tenements.The house has an entranceway with a porch held up by pillars, above which is a statue of a crest with a lion and unicorn. The garden of the house is surrounded by trees and bushes and marked off from the road with iron railings. On the busy street a horse drawn carriage makes its way along the road, children play, and ladies and gentlemen stroll. The steeple of Broughton St Mary's Parish Church can be seen in the background.
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Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Acon, R
Date
1829
Size
9.6 x 15.2 cm
Type
Engraving
Location
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.
Bellevue House was built in 1775 by the architect Robert Adam, and was surrounded by open countryside. It became part of Drummond Place as the New Town of Edinburgh was built in the early nineteenth century. In 1797 an extra storey was added to the house and it was used as an Excise Office. The house was demolished in 1845.
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