Palace and Abbey

of

Holyroodhouse

usually known as Holyrood Palace and Abbey

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

Postcards

Postcard - Charles L Reis - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Charles L Reis

Postcard by A Louis Reis & Co - Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh ©

A Louis Reis

Postcard by Alex A Inglis - TheFountain at Holyrood Palace ©

Alex. A. Inglis

Hartmann Real Glossy Tartan Series Postcard - Holyrood Palace - Stewart Hunting Tartan ©

Hartmann

Hartmann Postcard - Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat - Moonlight effect ©

Hartmann

Postcards - James Patrick - Castle Series - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

James Patrick

Postcard by Valentine & Co - Holyrood Palace in winter ©

Valentine & Co

Marshall Wane Postcard in the JM&Co Caledonia Series - Holyrood Palacel ©

Marshall Wane

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, used as a Christmas Card - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Publisher not named

Valentine Postcard - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park - 1923 - Photogravure ©

Valentine & Co

Postcard published by S Hildesheimer - Holyrood Palace and Edinburgh Coat of Arms ©

S Hildesheimer

Postcard - Castle Series - Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat ©

Castle Series

  ©

  ©

Albany Series

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

W H Series

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

W H Series

    Postcard - Castle Series - Holyroood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Unidentified Publisher

 Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - Holyrood Palace ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

Postcard - John Patrick - Chapel Royal, Holyrood ©

John Patrick

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - Holyrood Abbey and Strand ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - The Canongate from Holyrood Palace ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

  

Postcard published by RB (Rock Brothers): as published, Image reversed ©

As published: picture reversed

Rock Brothers

Postcard published byRB (Rock Brothers); Picture corrected but text now reversed ©

Picture corrected: text reversed

Rock Brothers

  

 

Holyrood Palace

Photos

Holyrood Abbey and Palace and the Burns Monument in Regent Road - Photograph by George Washington Wilson ©

19th Century

G W Wilson

Holyrood Palace and Chapel - Alex A Inglis ©

Late C19

Alex A Inglis

Sundial at Holyrood ©

Date?

Photographer not known

Horse and cart parked outside the Main Entrance to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, beneath the Coat of Arms - Photograph by FE Bailey - When might this photo have been taken? ©

Date?

FE Bailey

Photograph by Norward Inglis - Holyrood Palace Gates ©

c.1950s

Norward Inglis

The Raeburn Family - Ian, Eileen, Alan, Evelyn and Kenny - around 1953-54 ©

1954-55

Children by Fountain

©

June 2010

Holyrood Palace Gates

Holyrood Palace in the snow - Christmas Eve, 2010 ©

Christmas Eve, 2010

Holyrood Palace

 

Holyrood Palace

Views from the Radical Road and the slopes of Arthur's Seat

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

1961

Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - November 2002 - Looking down on Holyrood Palace from the slopes of Arthur's Seat in Queen's Park ©

Nov 2002

Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - May 2002 - The Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood Palace ©

May 2002

Garden Party  - Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - May 2002 - Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

May 2002

Garden Party - Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park - January 2013 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

 

Holyrood Palace Gardens

Holyrood Palace - Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace - Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace - Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace - Cafe Gardens and Scottish Parliament - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Scottish Parliament

Tree in Holyrood Palace Gardens - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Tree in Holyrood Palace Gardens

 Outlook from Holyrood Palace Gardens, looking out towards Arthur's Seat ©

Jun 2010

Outlook from Holyrood Palace Gardens

Statue in Holyrood Palace Gardens - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Statue in Palace Gardens

Holyrood Abbey

Postcards and Photos

Holyrood Chapel - Photo by Alex A Inglis ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO
Alex A Inglis

Albumen Print of Holyrood Abbey by James Valentine - 1889 ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
 James Valentine

The Head Gardener, W ALexander, standing in front of Holyrood Abbey ©

PHOTOGRAPH
 Photographer not known

Holyrood Abbey 1995 ©

1995

Holyrood Abbey

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - November 2002 - Holyrood Abbey ©

Nov 2002

Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Abbey, June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Holyrood Abbey

Looking up to Holyrood Abbey Window from the grounds of Holyroodhouse - June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Holyrood Abbey Window

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

from Calton Hill

©

ALBUMEN PRINT
 When?
J Patrick

Albumen Print of Holyrood Palace and Abbey from Calton Hill - James Valentine - 1870s ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
 1870s
James Valentine

George Washington Wilson's Albumen Print of Holyrood from Calton Hill ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
 When?
 GW Wilson

Engraving from Nelson's Pictorial Guide Books - Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat ©

ENGRAVING
 c.1870
Nelson's Pictorial Guide Book

 Photograph from View Album of Edinburgh & District, published by Patrick Thomson around 1900 - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

AROUND 1890s
 View Album of
Edinburgh and District

Holyrood from Calton Hill - Photograph by Begbie ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO
 late-1850s
Thomas V Begbie

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

from the West

Producing  Coloured Postcards

JB White - an original black and white photo used to produce a coloured postcard - Holyrrood Palace and Abbey ©    JB White - hand-coloured photo - an intermediate stage in producing a coloured postcard - Holyrrood Palace and Abbey ©    JB White - A coloured postcard - Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

 

Stereoscopic Views

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series - Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

Stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series - The North Wall of Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey  -  The North Wall

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series - The East Window of Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey  -  The East Window

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

Stereo View by McGlashon - Looking towards the East Window of Holyrood Abbey, with figures in the scene ©

Holyrood Abbey - East Window + figures

Walter Greenoak Patterson

Stereoscopic View by Walter Greenoak Patterson - View from Calton Hill towards Holyrood ©

Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill

[Unidentified Photographer]

 Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey - photographer not identified ©

Holyrood Abbey

Lennie

Stereo View of Holyrood Palace from the Palace Gates - Lennie ©

 View from the Palace Gates

Underwood & Underwood

Stereo View of the Fountain at Holyrood Palace - Underwood & Underwood ©

The Fountain at Holyrood Palace

LL, Paris

Stereo view by L L, Paris - Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey

George Washington Wilson

GW Wilson stereo card - Interior of Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wilson - Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wiilson - Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill ©

Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wilson - The Scott Monument and Carriages in Princes Street ©

Holyrood Palace from Queen's Park

Archibald Burns

Stereo View by Archibald Burns - Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

George Washington Wilson

Stereoscopic View by GW Wilson - Holyrood Palace ©

The back of a Stereoscopic View by GW Wilson - Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Chapel

Keystone View Company

Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey and Palace by Keystone View Company ©

Description on the back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey and Palace by Keystone View Company ©

Holyrood Palace

Lennie

Stereo View of Holyrood Palace from the Palace Gates - Lennie ©

The Back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

Unidentified photographer

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer  - Holyrood Palace and Chapel - A view on translucent tissue with small holes to allow the light through ©

 The back of a stereo view by an unidentified photographer - Portobello Castle ©

Holyrood Palace and Chapel

Unidentified photographer

Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey, with two figures in the scene - Photographer not identified ©

The description on the back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey, with two figures in the scene - Photographer not identified ©

Holyrood Abbey and Palace

Unidentified photographer

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer - Holyrood Abbey and Palace ©

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer - Holyrood Abbey and Palace ©

Holyrood Abbey and Palace

Albemarle Series

Stereoscopic Views - Albemable Series - Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

Unidentified photographer

Stereo view by an unidentified photographer - Holyrood Abbey - Queen Mary's Dial ©

The back of a stereo view by an unidentified photographer - Holyrood Abbey - Queen Mary's Dial ©

Holyrood Abbey - Queen Mary's Dial

 

Engravings

Modern Athens - 1829

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

Engraving from "Modern Athens" - Published 1829 - Holyrood Palace - The Interior Quadrangle ©

Holyrood Palace

The Interior Quadrangle

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

Engraving  -  Old & New Edinburgh -  1890

Croft-an-Righ house at Abbey Hill, near Holyrood ©

AROUND HOLYROOD

'Croft-an-Righ' House

Engraving in "Old & New Edinburgh" - Queen Mary's Bath House ©

AROUND HOLYROOD

Queen Mary's Bath House

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Holyrood Palace and Abbey from the south-east ©

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

 

Maps and Aerial Photograph

Edinburgh - 1844 - Map produced for the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge - Section L ©

1844

Edinburgh Map - 1925 - Section L ©

1925

Aerial Photograph - 2001 - Section L ©

2001

Please click on any of the images above.  All three will appear on the same page.

 

Map

Please click here to find Holyrood Palace and Abbey on a map of the Royal Mile.

Holyrood Abbey is No. 44 and Holyrood Palace is No. 45 at the bottom of  this map.

 

Comments:  Holyrood Palace and Abbey

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