A superb set of four views of Edinburgh, with dedication
To His Most Excellent Majesty George the Fourth, These Panoramic Views of the City of Edinburgh, Taken from the Calton Hill, are, With His Gracious Permission Respectfully Inscribed by His Majesty's most dutiful Subject & Servant Mary Elton, late Stewart. [&] View from the Door of Nelson's Monument on the Calton Hill, Looking to the East. [&] From the Top of the Calton Hill, Looking to the North. [&] View from the Walk on the Top of the Calton Hill, Looking to the South. [&] Looking from the Top of the Calton Hill by Nelson's Monument, Looking to the West.
Edinburgh: William Fairbairn, and R. Ackermann, London, c.1823. Lithographic dedication and four lithographs printed on chine collé and hand coloured. Each sheet 345 x 700mm.
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A scarce set of four views of Edinburgh lithographed by William Westall from sketches made by Miss Mary Stewart (1773-1849) in August 1822, just prior to her marriage to The Reverend Sir Abraham Elton in 1823. Her views from the top of Calton Hill record the city during the visit of George IV, the. first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II's Scottish coronation in 1651. In the keys under each view, Mary notes the Royal Squadron in the Leith Roads and tents of the soldiers stationed on both Calton Hill and Arthur's Seat.
