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Edinburgh from the castle ramparts (With the great gun Mons Meg): This plate is dedicated to Lt. Colonel Harvey, K.H. of Edinburgh Castle

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Year:
1837
Contributor:
Bartlett, William Henry, 1809-1854 (artist)
Griffiths, Henry, active 1835-1849 (engraver)
Genre:
steel engraving (prints)
Subject:
Great Britain. Army--Highland Regiment
Mons Meg (Cannon)
Ordnance
Edinburgh Castle (Scotland)
Extent:
1 steel engraving; 20 x 26 cm.

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Abstract:
Steel-engraving; view from ramparts looking towards Carlton Hill, Edinburgh new town and the Firth of Forth; highland soldiers in foreground near woman and childen, large cannon behind; other soldiers below
Notes:
Small oblong folio. From William Beattie: 'Scotland Illustrated' (London: Geo Virtue, 1837-1841).
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

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No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Bartlett, William Henry, "Edinburgh from the castle ramparts (With the great gun Mons Meg): This plate is dedicated to Lt. Colonel Harvey, K.H. of Edinburgh Castle " (1837). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:vgp5empv/

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