Observatory and Playfair Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh - Engraving 1833
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Original engraving with the new Observatory and the Playfair Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, enlivened by strollers and two figures in Highland dress. Steel engraving drawn by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and engraved by A. Cruse.
Original engraving with the new Observatory and the Playfair Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, enlivened by strollers and two figures in Highland dress. Steel engraving drawn by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and engraved by A. Cruse.
From Modern Athens, the series of Edinburgh views drawn by Shepherd for Jones & Co. Both buildings are by William Henry Playfair; the monument commemorates his uncle, the mathematician John Playfair, first president of the Astronomical Institution.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd.
Engraver: A. Cruse.
Date: 1833.
Source: Jones & Co., London.
Dimensions: Image 3.7 x 5.9 in (9.5 x 15 cm).
Condition: Good. Light toning in the left margin and handling creases at the right edge, outside the image.
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Original engraving with the new Observatory and the Playfair Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, enlivened by strollers and two figures in Highland dress. Steel engraving drawn by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and engraved by A. Cruse.