Original copper engraving of the new Post Office in Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by Alexander McClatchie. Street view with a stagecoach and passers-by before the porticoed front.
Original copper engraving of the new Post Office in Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by Alexander McClatchie. Street view with a stagecoach and passers-by before the porticoed front.
From "Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views", the set of Edinburgh views published in London by Jones & Co. between 1829 and 1831, a standard reference for the neoclassical architecture of the New Town.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864).
Engraver: Alexander McClatchie.
Date: 1829.
Dimensions: Image 3.9 x 6.1 in (9.8 x 15.4 cm).
Condition: Good; wide margins, paper lightly toned.