Artist’s viewpoints
- View from the North West
- Landscape by Nasmyth
National Galleries of Scotland
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From this viewpoint, the Castle and the Old Town of Edinburgh can be seen on the rock. To the left (towards the East), in the plain, the New Town with its chequerboard plan of streets lined with homogeneously built houses.
- View of the Castle and design for buildings on the Mound linking the Castle and the New Town
- by William Playfair
National Galleries of Scotland
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These buildings (early 19th century) were meant for the Royal Institution, and are now The National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy.
View from the Castle Towards the East
- Edinburgh Old and New
- by David Octavius Hill
National Galleries of Scotland
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In the centre, the “Royal Mile” descending towards Holyrood House can be seen, and to the left in the plain the New Town with its chequerboard plan, completed by the time when this view was painted (mid 19th century; Hill was also one of the first practitioners of photography in Scotland).
