Photographic copy of engraving showing general view of courtyard in front of Parliament House Insc: 'A Perspective View of the Parliament House & Exchequer. The Hon.ble J. Elphinstone Esq.r Engineer ...

Description Photographic copy of engraving showing general view of courtyard in front of Parliament House Insc: 'A Perspective View of the Parliament House & Exchequer. The Hon.ble J. Elphinstone Esq.r Engineers Delin. A. Bell, Scuplt.'

Catalogue Number SC 426674

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 77000 P

Scope and Content 18th-century view of Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh Parliament House was built in 1639 by James Murray, Master of Works for King Charles I, for the Scots Parliament, the Court of Session and the Privy Council. Parliament moved here from the Castle in 1639 and remained until the Treaty of Union in 1707. Parliament House comprised a hall for Parliament, a Laigh (low) Hall beneath, and an east wing. The Scottish Treasury and Exchequer were later added to the east wing. Parliament Hall's Great Door, in Renaissance style, faced the square. The Scots Parliament appears in the records in the later 13th century. It met as a single body in one chamber: no distinction was made among the 'Three Estates', the clergy, nobility and burgesses which comprised the Parliament. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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