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The Regent Bridge
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1829, Engraving
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Title
The Regent Bridge
Description
The Regent Bridge is a large archway between two buildings which crosses over the street below. A horse drawn cart makes its way along the street. A man is sat on a seat on the road talking to a woman.
Artist / maker
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer
Date
1829
Size
9.9 x 6.7 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.
Regent Bridge was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, and built between 1816 and 1819 to improve access to central Edinburgh from the London Road approach. Robert Stevenson was the engineer for the project. The Bridge spans a ravine between Calton Hill and Princes Street. The road which it carries was named Waterloo Place to commemorate the great battle of 1815.
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