Princes Street (painting)

Princes Street
Artist	Alexander Nasmyth
Year	1825
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions	120.5 cm × 163.5 cm (47.4 in × 64.4 in)
Location	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Princes Street is a 1825 landscape painting by the Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth.[1] [2] It is also known by the longer title Princes Street with the Commencement of the Building of the Royal Institution.

It shows a view of Princes Street in Edinburgh during the Regency era.[3] The Royal Institution is shown under construction on the bottom right of the painting. It offers a panoramic view of Edinburgh with the New Town on the left and the Old Town on the right. Also visible are St Giles' Cathedral, Arthur's Seat and the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill, Today it is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.[4]

References

1. Aspects of the Life and Works of Archibald Geikie p.322
2. Williams & Brown p.127
3. Macmillan p.142
4. https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/17469

Bibliography

• Allen, Aaron. Building Early Modern Edinburgh: A Social History of Craftwork and Incorporation. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
• Betterton, J. Craig, J. Mendum, J.R. Neller, R. & Tanner, J. Aspects of the Life and Works of Archibald Geikie. Geological Society of London, 2019.
• Macmillan, Duncan. Scottish Art, 1460-2000. Mainstream Publishing, 2000.
• Williams, Andrew Gibbon & Brown, Andrew. The Bigger Picture: A History of Scottish Art. BBC Books, 1993.