Title

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots..., 184 Creators: David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, Hill & Adamson.

Caption

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846, 1846. Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon. A small, blurred figure sits on top of the cannon while another figure, in uniform with a rifle at his side, stands at left.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B04_165

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NA

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License type

Rights managed

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52,4Mb (2,3Mb) / 16,5in x 12,3in / 4960 x 3690 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel building people male man men arts art guy British castle Scotland medieval photography fortifications fortification war cannon century gallery Britain Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle concept B&W artillery tourist attraction art gallery 19th century heavy artillery black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages armaments nineteenth century tourism bombard Mons Meg TGN photograph Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art salted paper print David Octavius Hill Hill David Octavius Robert Adamson Adamson Robert Hill & Adamson Adamson Hill & Hill and Adamson Adamson Hill and 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Hill David David Hill