Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill

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  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1092
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1789-1790
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 engravings

Scope and Content

This is an incomplete non-aqua-tinted version of the earliest panorama view - and a modest panorama. The panorama is composed of only four of the full collection of a six part set.

The panorama shows (when the parts are laid adjacent to each other, and from right to left):

  • - Calton Hill, and the Observatory there, looking east towards Berwick Law and the Forth estuary
  • - Towards Leith, fields, to the Forth, and across to Fife
  • - Top end of what is today Leith Walk, across to the Inverlieth area, the Forth, and across to Fife
  • - (not included in the set)
  • - High Street from Tron Church to the edge of Holyrood Park, looking south
  • - (not included in the set)

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