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St George's Church, from George Street looking west
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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Title
St George's Church, from George Street looking west, Edinburgh
Description
St George's Church at the end of George Street has a large dome in its centre.
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Bond, W H
Date
1829
Size
9.8 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.
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.
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