![[The Union Canal] No 2. View in Callendar Park, Situate in the County of Sterling, the Seat of William Forbes, Esq.r.](jpegs/56692.jpg)
[The Union Canal] No 2. View in Callendar Park, Situate in the County of Sterling, the Seat of William Forbes, Esq.r.Taken from the same point as No. 1 shewing part of the Track of the injurious deviation from the Parliamentary Line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, as proposed by the Canal Company.
Drawn by Alex.r Nasmyth. Engraved by F.C. Lewis, Engraver to H.R.H. the late Princess Charlotte & H.S.H. the Prince Leopold.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare coloured aquatint. 350 x 730mm (13¾ x 28¾") very large margins. Laid on board.
A view of Callendar House in Falkirk, with an artist's impression of how the Union Canal was going to affect the aesthetics of the estate. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was a contour canal (running at the same level, with viaducts to cross valleys, so avoiding the use of locks), and the original plan had it running around a hill overlooking the house. The owner, William Forbes, a merchant who specialised in Royal Navy contracts, made an objection, forcing the company to built a 696-yard tunnel through Prospect Hill to the west.
[Ref: 56692] £320.00
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare coloured aquatint. 350 x 730mm (13¾ x 28¾") very large margins. Laid on board.
A view of Callendar House in Falkirk, with an artist's impression of how the Union Canal was going to affect the aesthetics of the estate. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was a contour canal (running at the same level, with viaducts to cross valleys, so avoiding the use of locks), and the original plan had it running around a hill overlooking the house. The owner, William Forbes, a merchant who specialised in Royal Navy contracts, made an objection, forcing the company to built a 696-yard tunnel through Prospect Hill to the west.
[Ref: 56692] £320.00