Original engraving of George Street, the great thoroughfare of the New Town of Edinburgh, with St. Andrew's Church halfway along and the Melville Monument closing the perspective. Drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by T. Barber in 1830.
Original engraving of George Street, the great thoroughfare of the New Town of Edinburgh, with St. Andrew's Church halfway along and the Melville Monument closing the perspective. Drawn by Thomas H. Shepherd and engraved by T. Barber in 1830.
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: 1830
Source: Modern Athens / Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, Jones & Co., London
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 in (20 x 13.5 cm)
Condition: Good, paper with a slight period tone and clean margins