Princes Street with the Sir Walter Scott Monument [Edinburgh 9]
About this artwork
The decision to build the Scott Monument was taken at a public meeting in Edinburgh less than a month after Sir Walter Scott's death in September 1832. The tall Gothic structure was not completed until the autumn of 1844 and the official inauguration took place only in August 1846. Hill and Adamson were lucky to be resident in Edinburgh and could document the building stages and the work of the masons. Here the monument is shown after its completion as an impressive feature bordering Princes Street, seen from the East End.
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title:Princes Street with the Sir Walter Scott Monument [Edinburgh 9]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:15.60 x 20.80 cm
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accession number:PGP HA 4180
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David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill
A painter and a lithographer by training, David Octavius Hill is best remembered for the beauty of the calotypes he and Robert Adamson produced together. Hill was a sociable and kind-hearted man who did much to support the arts in Scotland and between 1830 and 1836 he was the unpaid Secretary of...