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View along George Street towards Charlotte Square
MacLean, Kevin, 2008, Digital image
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View along George Street towards Charlotte Square
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View along George Street towards Charlotte Square from the Melville Monument
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MacLean, Kevin
Date
2008
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
George Street is located in central Edinburgh and forms part of James Craig's geometric New Town plan. It runs from St Andrew Square in the east to Charlotte Square in the west, parallel with Princes Street to the south and Queen Street to the north.
The Melville Monument, St Andrew Square, was erected between 1820 and 1823 to the memory of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount Melville, who died in 1811. The monument comprises an imposing Roman column almost 42 metres in height, crowned by a statue of Dundas. The column itself was designed by William Burn, who received advice on its foundations from Robert Stevenson following concerns expressed by local residents as to its stability. The statue is by the sculptor Robert Forrest from a model by the English sculptor Francis Legatt Chantrey. It was only commissioned when construction of the monument was well underway, and was not added until 1827-28.
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