Edinburgh, The Mound, Royal Scottish Academy Photographic copy of engraving showing main entrance front of the Royal Scottish Academy from Hanover Street Copied from 'Modern Athens'. Insc. 'Royal Inst ...
D 49685 P
Description Edinburgh, The Mound, Royal Scottish Academy Photographic copy of engraving showing main entrance front of the Royal Scottish Academy from Hanover Street Copied from 'Modern Athens'. Insc. 'Royal Institution, from Hanover Street, Edinburgh. Drawn by Tho. H Shepherd. Engraved by S Lacy'
Date 1829
Collection General Collection
Catalogue Number D 49685 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 465090
Scope and Content View of the Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh The Royal Scottish Academy was built in 1822 by the architect William Playfair. It was subsequently enlarged, by the same architect, to provide the building that still stands at this spot today. This view is taken looking down Hanover Street to the Old Town. The contrast between the open elegance of the New Town and the dark cramped Old Town is clearly seen. In this illustration the New Town is clearly thriving, but that was not always so. At first visitors to Edinburgh described it as elegant but deserted, but it soon became more popular. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Illustrations in 'Modern Athens', Thomas H Shepherd, 1829)
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