print;
booklet
- Museum number
- 1929,0529.126.1-4
- Description
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Booklet of 'Jones's Great Britain Illustrated' or 'Views in Edinburgh' dated 1829, with cover with title and wood-engraving of a crown and sword on a cushion; inside with four pages, the first two with two images of Edinburgh each, and the final two sheets with incomplete text (pages 7-10 only), and back cover with advertisement to 'Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, &c of noblemen and gentlemen of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland'; the images of Edinburgh showing:
'St Giles Church, County Hall, and Lawn Market, High St': the street with Church to the right, tables with figures selling and buying fabric; by Tombleson.
'The Canongate, Edinburgh, looking west': view of the street with figures on the pavement, carts and men on horseback in the street, a sign in the right foreground reads 'Canongate'; by Tombleson.
'Abbotsford, the seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart': view of the mansion with a couple in the lawn, the lady showing the drawing she made to the man, a dog next to them; by Barber.
'Melros Abbey': view of the ruins of the Abbey with birds flying above, the graveyard in front with figures resting, two sheep grazing in the right foreground; by Barber.
Etching
- Production date
- 1829
- Dimensions
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Height: 285 millimetres (each sheet approx.)
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Width: 228 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Views in Edinburgh
- Acquisition date
- 1929
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1929,0529.126.1-4