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View of the Great Fire in the Parliament Square
Turner de Lond, W., 1825, Lithograph
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View of the Great Fire in the Parliament Square
View of the Great Fire in the Parliament Square
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View of the Great Fire in the Parliament Square
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A fire rages through Parliament Square in Edinburgh causing chaos with the crowd caught up in it. Flames and smoke fill the area, the bright colour of the flames being reflected in the glass of a building. Soldiers on horseback are among the crowd, with people trying to salvage what they can.
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Turner de Lond, W.
Engraver
Robertson & Ballentine
Date
1825
Size
23 x 34.2 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Great Fire of 1824 broke out in Old Assembly Close. It burnt for four days, destroying two tenements and the Tron Kirk. It killed 11 residents and two firemen from the recently formed Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment. Four hundred people were left homeless.
Parliament Square in Edinburgh is situated immediately to the north of the former Parliament House, now home to the Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session. It was formed along with Parliament House around 1640 on the kirkyard of St Giles. This burial ground, which largely fell out of use in the mid sixteenth century, is the resting place of the prominent religious reformer John Knox. The appearance of the buildings surrounding the square was substantially altered in the 19th century by the addition of frontages designed by Robert Reid.
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