Aberdeen, Castle Street, General. Photographic copy of coloured aquatint showing General view towards Market Cross and Tolbooth from Castle Street. Hugh Irvine Delt. C.Turner Sculpt.
ABD 518/1 P
Description Aberdeen, Castle Street, General. Photographic copy of coloured aquatint showing General view towards Market Cross and Tolbooth from Castle Street. Hugh Irvine Delt. C.Turner Sculpt.
Date c. 1812
Catalogue Number ABD 518/1 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of ABD 518/1
Copies SC 354874
Scope and Content Early 19th century painting of Castlegate and Union Street, Aberdeen Union Street runs south-east from Castlegate, crossing uneven ground on brick viaducts, and levelling part of St Katherine's Hill. Work began in 1801, with coordinated house designs probably provided by David Hamilton. This picture shows Castlegate in 1803. The town-house is the building with the spire in the middle distance. The beginnings of the Union Street development can just be seen beyond that. From 1800-1840, a generation of prestigious young architects led by John Smith and Archibald Simpson remodelled Aberdeen in Grecian neoclassical style and improved the infrastructure to meet the needs of the city's expanding industries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Coloured aquatint
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