Sujet
Marriage Festivities for the Duke of Edinburgh: illumination of the Old Town, Edinburgh, 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Marriage Festivities for the Duke of Edinburgh: illumination of the Old Town, Edinburgh, 1874. 'The evening of that day saw a most beautiful sight...Edinburgh Castle and the tall houses of the Old Town, along Castle Hill, the Lawnmarket, the High-street, and Canongate, crowning the lofty ridge, a mile in length, that stretches from the Castle down to Holyrood, were splendidly illuminated on the side overlooking the valley...The city corporation had granted a sum of money towards the expense of this brilliant show...the Castle was seen with its various batteries and buildings illuminated in perfect outline, while coloured fires burned at intervals, and two effective displays of rockets and bombs from the Esplanade lent variety to the scene...The buildings forming the northern face of the Old Town were brilliantly illuminated from the castle to the North Bridge...The square of the municipal offices...was illuminated by candles placed so thickly in each window that the whole building seemed one mass of flame...a bonfire, consisting of fifteen tons of railway sleepers soaked in tar, was lit on the summit of Arthur's Seat, and told the district for fifty miles round that Edinburgh was rejoicing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A32_262
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Droits gérés
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22,6Mo (2,0Mo) / 31,2cm x 18,2cm / 3680 x 2144 (300dpi)