Caption

Edinburgh, from the castle, Edinburgh Castle, from the grass market, View of Edinburgh from Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh Castle, album page, photograph, This page is part of an album., number: '230, JV', number: '485, c. 1875 - c. 1885, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 298 mm x width 236 mm, monument, statue, castle, A sepia-toned image composed of two wide photographic views mounted on a light background, the upper view showing a high vantage over a cityscape with a prominent Gothic spire rising from formal buildings set behind a tree-lined park, surrounding rooftops and streets stretching into the distance, arched bridges crossing a river, rolling grassy slopes in the foreground with paths and scattered trees, and the lower view depicting a rocky hill with a large stone fortress atop it, terraced buildings on the hillside, rows of multi-story stone and brick townhouses along a street, horse-drawn carts and wagons parked at the curb, and a few pedestrians visible on the pavement.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A76_265

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Rights managed

Available size

58.4Mb (11.0Mb) / 12.6in x 18.0in / 3781 x 5399 (300dpi)

Keywords

Edinburgh castle Edinburgh Castle grass market View album page photograph page part album number 230 Jv 485 c 1875 - c 1885 photographer paper albumen print height 298 mm x width 236 mm monument statue sepia-toned image composed two wide photographic views mounted light background upper view showing high vantage cityscape prominent Gothic spire rising formal buildings set tree-lined park surrounding rooftops streets stretching distance arched bridges crossing river rolling grassy slopes foreground paths scattered trees lower view depicting rocky hill large stone fortress atop terraced buildings hillside rows multi-story stone brick townhouses street horse-drawn carts wagons parked curb pedestrians visible pavement