Photographic copy of large framed set of six photographs including views of display case near entrance, main staircase, catalogue hall, entrance hall, general view and Advocates reading room. Digital ...

Description Photographic copy of large framed set of six photographs including views of display case near entrance, main staircase, catalogue hall, entrance hall, general view and Advocates reading room. Digital image of E 21139.

Date 1955

Collection Collection of photographic views of the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 724765

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of E 21139

Scope and Content Six views of the interior and exterior, National Library of Scotland, No 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh The National Library of Scotland was designed by architect Reginald Fairlie (1883-1952) between 1934 and 1936, and built 1937-9 (initial construction period). It was completed 1950-5 with A R Conlon as architect. This Neo-Classical library is nine storeys high, with two storeys on George IV Bridge, and the remaining seven below the bridge on the Cowgate. This shows six views of the library mounted into a large wooden frame. It was probably produced for the architects' offices, to advertise their prestigious commission. The images include the display case, the main staircase, the catalogue hall, façade and Advocates' reading room. The National Library of Scotland evolved from the collection of the Society of Advocates, whose library was inaugurated in 1689. In the 1920s Sir Alexander Grant gifted a fund of £200,000 to construct a new building for the collection, which continues to grow to this day. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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