Edinburgh from the Castle by John Fulleylove, RI. Source: Edinburgh (1907). [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Caption by Rosaline Masson
In the foreground of the picture are the embrasured battlements of the Argyle Battery, at the end of which, over the steps, rises the spire of Tolbooth Church. On a lower level of the Castle, to the spectator's left, is an iron cage used for beacons. Above this cage and facing the Mound are the Royal Institution and National Gallery, and im- mediately above the latter is the Scott Monument. The row of trees fronting the tall buildings denote the position of Princes Street running east towards Calton Hill, which appears crowned by the Nelson Monument and backed by the Firth of Forth exactly in the centre of the picture. To the right of Calton Hill on the distant horizon appears the Bass Rock, to the left the coast of Fife with a portion of the island of Inchkeith..
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Bibliography
Edinburgh painted by John Fulleylove, R.I. Described by Rosaline Masson. London: Charles Black, 1907. Hathitrust Digital Archive version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 10 October 2018.
Last modified 10 October 2018