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Trades' Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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18709
Title
Trades' Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Cruse, A
Date
1829
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10.0 x 15.3 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.
Trades' Maiden Hospital was founded in 1704 by the Trades Incorporations and Mrs Mary Erskine for the maintenance and education of daughters of tradesmen who had fallen into poverty. It was situated on the south side of Argyle Square and could house 23 girls. The school has operated from a variety of sites and was in Rillbank Terrace from 1855-1892, then moved to Grange Loan. Today the charity still operates from Melville Street.
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