View West Along Princes Street from Calton Hill

Category

Library Item

Item no

1599

Title

View west along Princes Street from Calton Hill

Description

An image from a stereoscopic negative shows a picture postcard view of Edinburgh including many of the city's landmarks, such as Princes Street, the Scott Monument and Edinburgh Castle.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1892

Size

12 x 18.9 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Princes Street is one of the main thoroughfares in Edinburgh. It is notable in that there are no buildings on its southern side. Princes Street gardens now occupy the space on the southern side. The gardens were created on the site of the Nor' Loch after it was drained in the Eighteenth Century.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton Hill

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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