Summer House, Regent Murray's Garden, Edinburgh - Engraving - 1833
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Original copper engraving of the summer house in Regent Murray's garden, at Moray House (Canongate, Edinburgh), drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by Samuel Lacey. The lettering recalls that the union of the two kingdoms was signed there, according to tradition.
Original copper engraving of the summer house in Regent Murray's garden, at Moray House (Canongate, Edinburgh), drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by Samuel Lacey. The lettering recalls that the union of the two kingdoms was signed there, according to tradition.
Moray House, built in 1618, housed in 1707 the Earl of Seafield, one of the commissioners of the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England; tradition places part of the signing of the agreement in this garden pavilion, completed afterwards in a High Street cellar.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864).
Engraver: Samuel Lacey (1786-1859).
Date: 1833.
Dimensions: 5.2 x 7.9 in (13.2 x 20.1 cm).
Condition: Good; paper lightly browned.
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Original copper engraving of the summer house in Regent Murray's garden, at Moray House (Canongate, Edinburgh), drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by Samuel Lacey. The lettering recalls that the union of the two kingdoms was signed there, according to tradition.