Robert Burns Monument on the Calton Hill Edinburgh 1840

This is a genuine vintage engraving titled, "Burns Monument on the Calton Hill" It is in excellent condition and was engraved from an original drawing by W. Mossman, a renowned 19th century illustrator. This was published and dates from 1840. There is a generous white margin on all sides of the engraving. It is printed on a high quality, heavy stock paper which is blank on the reverse side. This print has been cleaned using proper conservation techniques and is free of age toning and foxing spots. Dimensions of the engraved area in inches, minus margins, approx. 5 by 7 inches, and the overall size is approx. 8 by 11 inches. This is not a reproduction. This is a steel engraving over 160 years old in excellent condition and guaranteed to be as described.

Price $35     Item  #7149

Calton Hill, at the east end of Princes Street, is another distinctive component of Edinburgh's skyline, 100m high and scattered with grandiose memorials mostly dating from the first half of the 19th century. Here you get one of the best views of Edinburgh, taking in the entire panorama - the castle, Holyrood, Arthur's Seat, the Firth of Forth, the New Town and Princes Street. The largest of the structures on Calton Hill is the National Monument, designed by William Henry Playfair, in honour of Scotland's dead in the Napoleonic wars. Building work began in 1822 but unfortunately funds ran out and work on the monument was never to be completed. Initially the impressive structure was to be a reproduction of the Parthenon at Athens, but only 12 columns were to be completed.  There are two observatories on Calton Hill. The Old Observatory (1792) designed by James Craig, architect of the first New Town; and the City Observatory (1818), though superseded by the Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill, remains in use by the Edinburgh Astronomical Society and is open to the public.  Calton Hill also serves as our introduction to the classical architecture that is the hallmark of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.