Original copper engraving of Ainslie Place, one of the residential set pieces of the New Town of Edinburgh, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by J. Johnstone, as the lettering states. A street view enlivened with a carriage and passers-by.
Original copper engraving of Ainslie Place, one of the residential set pieces of the New Town of Edinburgh, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by J. Johnstone, as the lettering states. A street view enlivened with a carriage and passers-by.
It belongs to the series of Edinburgh views drawn by Shepherd and published in London by Jones & Co., «Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views», one of the fullest records of the neoclassical architecture of the city.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864).
Engraver: J. Johnstone.
Date: 1830.
Dimensions: 5.2 x 8 in (13.3 x 20.3 cm).
Condition: Good; light rust spotting in the paper.