Curious rocks, near Edinburgh, call'd "Sampson's Ribs"

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Item no

18726

Title

Curious rocks, near Edinburgh, call'd "Sampson's Ribs" [Samson's Ribs]

Description

Samson's Ribs in Holyrood Park is a large rock formation with spectacular vertical columns. People walk along the small path which has been formed beneath the steep, stony hillside.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Roberts, E I

Date

1829

Size

10.6 x 16.2 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.

Samson's Ribs on Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park is a rock formation of columnar basalt.

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