A view of St. Roques - Church in ruins

Category

Library Item

Item no

5412

Title

A view of St. Roques - Church in ruins from the north east

Artist / maker

Elphinstone, John

Engraver

Parr

Date

1740

Size

17.8 x 25.3 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from a volume in our collections entitled, "Fifteen Views of the most remarkable buildings of the City of Edinburgh by the Honorable J. Elphinstone" which unfortunately is not complete or in its original condition.
The images from this volume are credited to John Elphinstone although there is some uncertainty around the authorship of some of the pictures. The first three in the volume, (‘A view of the new-bridge of Edinburgh, with the adjacent buildings of the Old and New-Town’, ‘A view of the abby - church in ruins, from the north west’ and ‘A view of St. Roques - Church in ruins from the north east’) have a slightly different feel and style to the rest of the images and the image of the original North Bridge pre-dates the bridge itself.

For further information, please view the exhibition page for The "most remarkable buildings of the city of Edinburgh" by the Honorable J. Elphinstone.

St Roque's Chapel stood close to Blackford Hill, and dates from the early 16th century, if not earlier. The Saint to whom it was dedicated is associated with the prevention and cure of plague. Many victims of the disease visited the chapel hoping for divine assistance. The chapel had a small attached cemetery for those who succumbed to the illness. It was a clearly identifiable ruin until the end of the 18th century but little trace of the building exists today.

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