Sheet with two original steel engravings of Regent Murray's house, in the Canongate of Edinburgh: above, the street front, with a carriage and passers-by, and below, the reception room seen from the garden, beside the thorn tree that tradition ascribes to Mary Stuart. Drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd engraved by James B. Allen.
Sheet with two original steel engravings of Regent Murray's house, in the Canongate of Edinburgh: above, the street front, with a carriage and passers-by, and below, the reception room seen from the garden, beside the thorn tree that tradition ascribes to Mary Stuart. Drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd engraved by James B. Allen.
It comes from Modern Athens, published in London by Jones & Co.; the publication line gives the exact date, "Published Feb. 7, 1829".
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Thomas H. Shepherd
Engraver / lithographer: James B. Allen
Publisher: Jones & Co., London
Date: 7 February 1829
Dimensions: Sheet 8.1 x 10.6 in (20.5 x 27 cm)
Condition: Good condition; clean and lightly toned paper, with wide margins