Original engraving of the New Town of Edinburgh seen from the northwest, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved with the burin by T. Barber around 1830. Beyond rise the church tower, the chimneys of the city and the outline of Arthur's Seat.
Original engraving of the New Town of Edinburgh seen from the northwest, drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved with the burin by T. Barber around 1830. Beyond rise the church tower, the chimneys of the city and the outline of Arthur's Seat.
From Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views; or, Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, the set of views by Thomas H. Shepherd published in London by Jones & Co. between 1829 and 1831, the finest graphic record of Georgian Edinburgh.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
Engraver / lithographer: T. Barber
Date: about 1830
Source: Modern Athens / Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, Jones & Co., London
Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.3 in (20.2 x 13.5 cm)
Condition: Good, with the light period tone natural to the paper; wide, clean margins