Thomas Hamilton

Design for the Royal High School, Edinburgh

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About this artwork

Artist:: Thomas Hamilton (1784 - 1858) Scottish

Title:: Design for the Royal High School, Edinburgh

Date:: Unknown

Materials:: Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with white bodycolour on paper

Measurements:: 40.00 x 56.00 cm

Object type:: Work on paper

Credit line:: William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881

Accession number:: D 2637

Gallery:: Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern One) (In Storage)

Thomas Hamilton

Thomas Hamilton was a Glasgow-born architect, whose best-known buildings can be found in Edinburgh. These include the Dean Orphan Hospital, now the Dean Gallery, the Royal High School on Calton Hill and the Royal College of Physicians on South Bridge. Hamilton was heavily involved in the 'Edinburgh…

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