View of Leith, Leith, from Caltn Hill, photograph, page, photographer: Archibald Burns, Edinburgh, c. 1862 - c. 1867, paper, albumen print, height 154 mm x width 102 mm, Photo two pages after page 45., city-view in general, 'veduta', A wide sepia-toned panoramic view of a cityscape taken from an elevated vantage showing rows of multi-story stone buildings with pitched roofs and chimneys in the foreground, tree-lined streets and formal terraces of large rectangular buildings with repetitive windows and cornices, a church with a tower and arched windows near the right foreground, open grassy slopes and a sloping paved path in the lower right leading down toward the built area, densely packed residential blocks and narrow streets extending into a flatter middle ground with scattered industrial chimneys and low warehouses, expanses of lighter-toned open land and distant low hills on the horizon under a pale sky.
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View of Leith, Leith, from Caltn Hill, photograph, page, photographer: Archibald Burns, Edinburgh, c. 1862 - c. 1867, paper, albumen print, height 154 mm x width 102 mm, Photo two pages after page 45., city-view in general, 'veduta', A wide sepia-toned panoramic view of a cityscape taken from an elevated vantage showing rows of multi-story stone buildings with pitched roofs and chimneys in the foreground, tree-lined streets and formal terraces of large rectangular buildings with repetitive windows and cornices, a church with a tower and arched windows near the right foreground, open grassy slopes and a sloping paved path in the lower right leading down toward the built area, densely packed residential blocks and narrow streets extending into a flatter middle ground with scattered industrial chimneys and low warehouses, expanses of lighter-toned open land and distant low hills on the horizon under a pale sky.

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View Leith Caltn Hill photograph page photographer Archibald Burns Edinburgh c 1862 - c 1867 paper albumen print height 154 mm x width 102 mm Photo two pages page 45 city-view general veduta wide sepia-toned panoramic view cityscape elevated vantage showing rows multi-story stone buildings pitched roofs chimneys foreground tree-lined streets formal terraces large rectangular buildings repetitive windows cornices church tower arched windows near right foreground open grassy slopes sloping paved path lower right leading down built area densely packed residential blocks narrow streets extending flatter middle ground scattered industrial chimneys low warehouses expanses lighter-toned open land distant low hills horizon under pale sky

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