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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1831 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPlayfair, William Henryen_US
dc.date1831en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-26T20:11:56Z
dc.date.available2013-09-26T20:11:56Z
dc.date.issued1831en_US
dc.identifier236609en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2683en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144344
dc.descriptionOverall view from path on the summit, looking northwest; A memorial to the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), Professor of the University of Edinburgh, holding the chair of moral philosophy from 1786 until his death. It is situated on top of Calton Hill, next to the City Observatory. The Royal Society of Edinburgh commissioned the monument, and selected the site. The monument was built in 1831 to the design of architect William Henry Playfair, who modeled his design on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, Greece. The Choragic Monument also provided the model for the nearby Robert Burns Monument, designed by Thomas Hamilton around the same time. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/30/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdeath or burialen_US
dc.subjectfunerary arten_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectGreek Revivalen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.titleCalton Hill; Dugald Stewart Monumenten_US
dc.title.alternativeDugald Stewart Monumenten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-SC-E-CH-A17en_US
vra.culturalContextBritish Scottish (Scots)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypemonumenten_US
vra.worktypetholosen_US
dc.contributor.displayWilliam Henry Playfair (British architect, 1790-1857)en_US


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