Edinburgh, New Post Office in Waterloo Place - Original Engraving - 1829
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Edinburgh, New Post Office in Waterloo Place - Original Engraving - 1829

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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.

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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.

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