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| HA0133 - David Octavius Hill |
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| HA0218 - David Roberts, taken in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh |
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| HA0676 - Dr George Bell |
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| HA0467 - Edinbugh's Old Town; from the roof of the Royal Institution, looking southeast Bank of Scotland building on right; St Giles behind |
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| HA0634 - Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket from high vantage point |
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| HA0461 - Edinburgh Castle; Mons Meg [cannon] standing Royal Scot soldier looking at seated top-hatted gentleman who is sketching |
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| HA0462 - Edinburgh Castle; Mons Meg [cannon] with Royal Scot standing at side; another man in front of cannon; blurred figure on ramparts |
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| HA0463 - Edinburgh Castle; Mons Meg [cannon] with small mortar beside [no figures] |
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| HA0400 - Edinburgh Castle; Mons Meg with standing soldier looking at seated top-hatted gentleman sketching |
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| HA0401 - Edinburgh; High Street towards John Knox's House cart in centre of street |
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| HA0402 - Edinburgh; High Street towards John Knox's House |
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| HA0654 - Edinburgh's Old Town |
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| HA0468 - Edinburgh's Old Town; from the roof of the Royal Institution, looking southeast Bank of Scotland building on right; St Giles behind |
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| HA0476 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind top of round windows just completed; part of St Johns obscured; finial in foreground corner; in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0477 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top complete; two men on terrace; view shows St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0478 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top complete; view shows St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0479 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top just completed; St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0480 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top just completed; St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0481 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top only partially complete; part of St Johns obscured by foreground building; St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0482 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top complete; top-hatted man on terrace; view shows St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0483 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top complete; top-hatted man on terrace; view shows St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0484 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind top of round windows just completed; in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0485 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind round windows at top complete; top hatted man on terrace; n front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0646 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top fully complete; top-hatted man on terrace; St Johns n front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0647 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top just complete; in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0648 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top just complete; in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0649 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top fully complete; top-hatted man on terrace; St Johns n front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0650 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top partially complete; finial in foreground corner; St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0651 - Free St John's Church and Assembly Hall (now St Columba's Free Church) under construction; Tolbooth behind Round windows at top partially complete; finial in foreground corner; St Johns in front of the newly completed Assembly Hall (later the Tolbooth, presently the headquarters of the Edinburgh Festival) |
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| HA0152 - George Meikle Kemp |
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| HA0453 - Greyfriars churchyard; ?Laing Monument D.O. Hill? Bent over reading letter or book; top hat and coat on monument; other man standing at ease |
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| HA0454 - Greyfriars churchyard; Byres Monument (and another to the right of it) |
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| HA0413 - Greyfriars churchyard; Byres Monument with two men; seated one in tophat |
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| HA0408 - Greyfriars churchyard; Dennistoun Monument; David Octavius Hill; nieces the Misses Watson; unknown man; "The Artist and the Gravedigger" "The Artist and the Gravedigger" |
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| HA0409 - Greyfriars churchyard; Dennistoun Monument; David Octavius Hill; nieces the Misses Watson; unknown man; "The Artist and the Gravedigger" |
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| HA0412 - Greyfriars churchyard; Martyr's Memorial; McCulloch Monument; two men and a woman - possibly David Octavius Hill & Miss Watson |
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| HA0411 - Greyfriars churchyard; Naismith Monument; 2 unidentified men; John Henning; David Octavius Hill |
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| HA0410 - Greyfriars churchyard; Naismith Monument; David Octavius Hill; Thomas Duncan |
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| HA0455 - Greyfriars churchyard; Paton and Chalmers' monuments with tower of Heriot's Hospital in background |
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| HA0407 - Heriots Hospital from Greyfriars churchyard; two or more men in foreground |
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| HA0760 - Holyrood from Calton Hill [close variant HA0761] |
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| HA0761 - Holyrood from Calton Hill [close variant HA0760] |
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| HA0643 - Holyrood House from Calton Hill |
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| HA0644 - Holyrood House from Calton Hill; Hopetoun Monument; three indistinct figures, at least one a woman, seated in grass foreground [somewhat tighter framing than same scene HA0645] |
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| HA0645 - Holyrood House from Calton Hill; Hopetoun monument; two men & possibly a ghost reclining in grass foreground [more generous framing than same scene HA0644] |
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| HA0451 - In Greyfriars churchyard: oblique view of Dennistoun Monument two women standing; top-hatted man sitting, looking at camera, being consoled by bent over man (likely D.O Hill); man in background digging |
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| HA0452 - In Greyfriars churchyard: view of Dennistoun Monument seated man reading; reclining man (almost certainly D.O. Hill) looking on; two women standing; top-hatted man standing behind |
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| HA0913 - Long view of Edinburgh from the Calton Hill; with the Dugald Stewart Monument middle foreground |
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| HA0534 - Looking out past the Hopetoun Monument; Melville Monument beyond |
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| HA0641 - Looking past the Hopetoun Monument towards Melville Monument; top hatted man standing below |
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| HA0403 - Masons at the Scott Monument, the Mound behind five "supervisors" (two top-hatted) at right - five workers at left |
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| HA0752 - Masons working at the Scott Monument |
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| HA0494 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the East; cannon ports but not cannons foreground [variant of HA0493 but with flagpole at very left edge of negative] St Columba's Chapel & School under construction |
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| HA0493 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the East; cannons foreground [variant of HA0494 but with flagpole 1/3 in from negative left edge] |
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| HA0489 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the North; Scott Monument completed Royal Institution with Queen Victoria in foreground; South end of Mound including Gordon's Diorama |
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| HA0490 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the North; Scott Monument completed Royal Institution with Queen Victoria in foreground; South end of Mound including Gordon's Diorama |
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| HA0491 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the North-East including Scott Monument (completed but no statue) and Calton Hill; South end of Mound in foreground; Marshall's Panorama; Gordon's Diorama, in a dilapidated state with holes in the roof |
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| HA0492 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the North-East including Scott Monument (with statue) and Calton Hill; [close variant of HA0491 but with Scott Monument right on edge of negative] South end of Mound in foreground; Marshall's Panorama; Gordon's Diorama, in a dilapidated state with holes in the roof |
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| HA0495 - Part of panorama of Edinburgh from the Castle - to the South; rounded castle wall foreground; battlement left edge of neg; flagpole very right edge of neg |
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| HA0756 - Part of panorama? from Edinburgh Castle - to the East [almost a mirror image of HA0755, with church on neg right edge] |
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| HA0755 - Part of panorama? from Edinburgh Castle - to the East [almost a mirror image of HA0756, with church on neg left edge] |
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| HA0754 - Part of panorama? from Edinburgh Castle - to the North-East |
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| HA0447 - Portico and upper part of the columns of the National Commercial Bank, George Street upper two-thirds of columns; scaffolding under porch area |
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| HA0448 - Portico and upper part of the columns of the National Commercial Bank, George Street upper two-thirds of columns; scaffolding under porch area |
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| HA0446 - Portico of the National Commercial Bank, George Street paper cropped, from top third of columns up; scaffolding just visible in porch |
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| HA0456 - Roof of George Heriot's Hospital (detail from a high vantage point) |
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| HA0399 - Sergeant and Private of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders; "The Porthole", Edinburgh Castle |
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| HA0405 - St Andrew Square, Edinburgh |
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| HA0445 - The Burns Monument on Calton Hill ten people grouped around monument; two groups of two top-hatted men standing at fence; two top-hatted men sitting on bench; group of three sitting on ground; one person lying on ground surrounded by cloth |
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| HA0757 - The courtyard of the Old College |
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| HA0406 - The Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill |
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| HA0637 - The Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in foreground, tightly framed, City behind |
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| HA0638 - The Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in foreground (loosely framed) with City behind |
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| HA0912 - The Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill, from below; top of old observatory behind with flag flying |
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| HA0642 - The George IV Monument; looking up with buildings obliquely behind |
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| HA0457 - The High Street looking towards John Knox's House cart in centre of street; two lamp posts |
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| HA0458 - The High Street looking towards John Knox's House carriage at side of street; one lamp post |
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| HA0459 - The High Street looking towards John Knox's House tighter framing than horizontal variants |
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| HA0460 - The High Street looking towards John Knox's House no cart |
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| HA0639 - The Hopetoun Monument with three top hatted men below; two seated, another standing behind one looking up [close variant but tighter framing than HA0640] |
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| HA0640 - The Hopetoun Monument with two top hatted men talking, one seated [close variant but somewhat looser framing than HA0639] |
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| HA0762 - The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill |
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| HA0652 - The Old North Bridge |
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| HA0653 - The Old North Bridge |
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| HA0635 - The Orphan Hospital with construction debris in foreground |
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| HA0636 - The Physic Garden and Lady Glenarchy Church; with view to Calton Hill |
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| HA0759 - The Political Martyrs' Monument, with scaffolding, under construction in Calton Cemetary (the foundation stone was laid 29 August 1844) |
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| HA0449 - The Royal High School, from the East; five men standing in street in front |
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| HA0450 - The Royal High School, from the west curve of road (no figures) |
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| HA0753 - The Royal Institution (later the Royal Scottish Academy) |
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| HA0632 - The Scott Monument at an early stage during its construction view across mound towards old North Bridge; Nelson's Monument and Calton Hill in the background; Monument is complete partway above the first stage |
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| HA0750 - The Scott Monument at mid-point during its construction view across mound towards old North Bridge; Calton Hill in the background showing National Monument; Scott Monument is complete through the second and through most of the third tier |
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| HA0404 - The Scott Monument seen from Princes Street; with a line of cabs, top hatted driver extreme left |
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| HA0469 - The Scott Monument under construction, nearly complete, with scaffolding running up the side all but the very peak in place; framed from below |
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| HA0470 - The Scott Monument under construction, nearly complete, with scaffolding running up the side all but the very peak in place; framed from below |
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| HA0471 - The Scott Monument under construction, nearly complete, with scaffolding running up the side all but the very peak in place; framed from close to base of monument, almost directly facing scaffolding |
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| HA0633 - The Scott Monument under construction, nearly complete, with scaffolding running up the side all but the very top in place; this view framed low with camera badly tilted |
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| HA0473 - The Scott Monument, complete save for statue line of five carriages in Princes Street; with Royal Institution and South end of the Mound in the background; various buildings including Marshall's Panorama |
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| HA0474 - The Scott Monument, complete save for statue NO carriages in Princes Street; with Royal Institution and South end of the Mound and the Castle in the background; various buildings including Marshall's Panorama |
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| HA0475 - The Scott Monument, complete save for statue one carriage in Princes Street; with Royal Institution and South end of the Mound and the Castle in the background; various buildings including Marshall's Panorama |
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| HA0751 - The Scott Monument, complete save for statue line of five carriages in Princes Street; with Royal Institution and South end of the Mound in the background; various buildings NOT including Marshall's Panorama |
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| HA0464 - The south end of the Mound, Edinburgh, taken from the roof of the Royal Institution; Foxhall centred; Marshall's New Panorama foreground; Gordon's Diorama off to side taken from east end of roof; man and two ghostly children sitting on bench in foreground |
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| HA0465 - The south end of the Mound, Edinburgh, taken from the roof of the Royal Institution; Foxhall centred; Marshall's New Panorama foreground; Gordon's Diorama off to side taken from west end of the roof; excavation with timber in foreground |
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| HA0466 - The south end of the Mound, Edinburgh, taken from the roof of the Royal Institution; Foxhall centred; Marshall's New Panorama foreground; Gordon's Diorama off to side taken from central point of the roof; man on bench |
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| HA0749 - The south end of the Mound, taken from the roof of the Royal Institution; Foxhall centred; Marshall's New Panorama foreground viewpoint between that of HA464 and of HA466; camera east of centre of roof |
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| HA0758 - Trinity College Chapel and Hospital, with Calton Hill in background |
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| HA0496 - Trinity Hospital from a high viewpoint, field in front |
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| HA0472 - View from the Mound, Edinburgh, across Princes St gardens, facing east, with Scott Monument at mid-point during its construction towards old North Bridge; Nelson's Monument and Calton Hill in the background; Monument is complete through the second and through most of the third tier |
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| HA0486 - View from the top of Calton Hill, looking southwest towards Edinburgh Castle with Scott Monument completed swoop of road in foreground; towards the Castle with Scott Monument completed |
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| HA0487 - View from the top of Calton Hill, looking west towards Edinburgh's New Town ; Scott Monument (completed); obelisk on very edge |
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| HA0488 - View of Edinburgh from the top of Calton Hill, looking over the Jail Governor's house |
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