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St Bernard's Well, Water of Leith
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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Title
St Bernard's Well, Water of Leith, Edinburgh
Description
St Bernard's Well stands next to the Water of Leith. The well consists of circular platform with a statue in the middle surrounded by pillars which hold up a domed roof. A man with a walking stick walks along a path beside the well. Trees line the banks of the river.
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Engraver
Allen, J B
Date
1829
Size
10.4 x 15.1 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.
St Bernard's Well is situated on the Water of Leith close to Stockbridge. The current surrounding structure was designed by Alexander Naismyth and built in the 1790's. It has a domed ceiling supported by ten columns covering a statue of the goddess Hygeia. Water from the mineral spring was popular for its supposed health giving properties from the mid 18th century until the wells closure in 1940.
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