View from the Walk on top of the Calton Hill, Looking to the South.
Sketched by Miss Mary Stewart. August 1822. Drawn on Stone by W. Westall, A.R.A. [n.d., c.1822.] Hand-coloured lithograph on chine collé, 225 x 655mm (8¾ x 25¾"), very large margins. Spotting. A view from the summit of Calton Hill, looking towards Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, with Holyrood House and St Anthony's Chapel. On Salisbury Crags are the tents of the soldiers stationed there during George IV’s visit to Scotland in August 1822. One of four views from Calton Hill, looking north, south, east and west, after Mary Stewart (1773-1849). In 1823 she married Sir Abraham Elton (1755-1842), 5th Baronet, moving to Clevedon in Somerset, publishing views of the area as Lady Elton.
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