Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill
- 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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