Edinburgh in 1886
Brewer, Henry William
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Date
2013-09-26Description
Detail showing St. John's Episcopal Church and the Parish Church of St, Cuthbert at the base of Castle Hill, Princes Street running center left; Bird's eye view (not drawn to scale) of Edinburgh drawn by H. W. Brewer and engraved by T. Griffiths. View of New Town from Charlotte Square, looking down George Street towards Princes Street and the Castle beyond. The view terminates with Calton Hill and its monuments in the distance. The small domed pavilion in the top right hand corner was built for the 1886 world's fair (International Exhibition) and was opened by Queen Victoria on the 22nd May 1886. Folded copies of this print were handed out to visitors to the pavilion. It has a keyblock to the landmarks at the bottom. A print is in the City of Edinburgh Museums collections, as well as Boston Public Library. Source: Boston Public Library; http://www.bpl.org/ (accessed 7/2/2012)
Type of Work
site plan; engraving (print); mapSubject
architecture, cityscape, City planning, International Exhibition of Industry, Science, and Art (1886 : Edinburgh, Scotland), world's fairs, bird's-eye views, Nineteenth century
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