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David Hume's Mausoleum, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Begbie, Thomas, 1887, Glass negative
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David Hume's Mausoleum, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
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11711
Title
David Hume's Mausoleum, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
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A circular mausoleum on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. A carved urn sits in a niche above the entrance and gravestones can be seen on either side of the building. A man rests on a spade to the right of the mausoleum.
Artist / maker
Begbie, Thomas
Date
1887
Size
8.3 x 17.1 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
City Art Centre
Copyright
The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
The main part of the Old Calton Burial Ground stands immediately to south of Waterloo Place. The cemetery was bisected by the construction of that road in 1820, and the bodies disturbed by the work were moved to a new site a little way to the east. The Old Calton Burial Ground has several notable structures within it. The Emancipation Monument stands in memory of those Scottish-American soldiers fought for the Union during the American Civil War. There is also a monument to the celebrated philosopher David Hume. A large obelisk stands as a monument to those radical reformers, including Thomas Muir, who were tried, convicted and deported for sedition in 1793. In the wake of the French and American Revolutions Muir and his associates had been active in a widespread movement for political and social reform in Britain. The movement attracted alarm and extreme sanction from both the political establishment and conservative elements in society.
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