The National Galleries at the Foot of the Mound

The Royal Scottish Academy

and

The National Gallery of Scotland

 

Looking towards the National Galleries

from Hanover Street

National Gallery, Princes Street, Edinburgh - photo by GW Wilson ©

LARGE PHOTO
GW Wilson

Photograph by James Valentine of the Royal Scottish Academy from Hanover Street ©

LARGE PHOTO
 James Valentine

Edinburgh Skyline and Queen Victoria seated on top of the Royal Scottish Academy at the foot of the Mound ©

LARGE PHOTO
 Peter Stubbs

 

Stereo Views

Stereoscopic View by Walter Greenoak Patterson - The National Galleries from Princes Street Gardens ©

Walter Greenoak Patterson

The National Galleries
 from Princes Street Gardens

Stereoscopic View by Valentine - Looking to the north-east across the Mound towards the National Galleries, Princes Street and the Scott Monument ©

Valentine

National Galleries
and Scott Monument

Stereoscopic Views - Waverley Series - Statue Gallery at The Royal Institution, Edinburgh ©

Waverley Series

Statue Gallery at The Royal Institution

 

Small Photograph

View from Edinburgh Castle - Photograph by Alex Inglis ©

Alex A Inglis

View from Edinburgh Castle

 

Post Cards

Postcard - Castle Series - Castle and Galleries ©

POST CARD

James Patrick

Postcard - James Patrick - Castle Series - Edinburgh Castle and National Galleries ©

POST CARD

James Patrick

Early Postcard - Looking from the Scott Monument towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle ©

POST CARD

Unidentified Publisher

Postcard - Castle Series - Edinburgh Castle and National Galleries ©

POST CARD

Castle Series

Postcard published by A Louis Reis & Co - View of Edinburgh Castle and the National Galleries from East Princes Street Gardens ©

POST CARD

A Louis Reis

Postcard by Valentine & Co - Edinburgh Castle and Galleries in winter ©

POST CARD

Valentine & Coe

Post Card - The Museum of Antiquities, now named the Royal Scottish Academy, Princes Street - Wrench Series ©

POST CARD

Wrench

Postcard in the "Best of All" series by J B White of Dundee - Edinburgh Castle and the National Gallery of Scotland - framed in a Royal Stewart tartan border ©

POST CARD

J B White

Postcard in P W & M Vello Series - National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle ©

POST CARD

PWM Vello Series

Postcard published by WH Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light - Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument ©

Postcard published by WH Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light - Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument ©

POST CARD

W H Series

Postcard published by WH Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light - The National Galleries ©

Postcard published by WH Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light - The National Galleries ©

POST CARD

W H Series

J M Postcard - Caledonia Series - View from Edinburgh Castle ©

POST CARD

JM Caledonia Series

Postcard by Valentine - Princes Street, looking east - Cable car, cycles and pedestrians in Princes Street ©

POST CARD

Valentine Series

Postcard by an unidentified publisher - Looking to the south-west, across Princes Street towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle on Castle Hill ©     The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher - Looking to the south-west, across Princes Street towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle on Castle Hill ©

POST CARD

Unidentified Publisher

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard - Castle and National Galleries ©

POST CARD

Tuck's "Oilette"

 

Early Photos

Alex Ayton Glass Plate - National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh ©

Around 1890?

Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery

 

Boys' Brigade Rest Huts
Catering for troops passing through Edinburgh

World War I

Boys' Brigade Rest Huts at the Foot of the Mound during World War 1 ©

Looking to the SW

BB Rest Huts, National Gallery of Scotland

Boys' Brigade Rest Huts at the Foot of the Mound during World War i ©

Looking to the west

BB Rest Huts, National Galleries, Castle

Boys' Brigade Rest Huts at the Foot of the Mound during World War i ©

Looking to the north

National Gallery of Scotland and BB Rest Huts

Boys' Brigade Rest Huts at the Foot of the Mound during World War i ©

Interior

Boys' Brigade Rest Hut at The Mound

 

Charabancs

22 May 1921

Charabancs at the National Galleries at the Foot of the Mound ©

Charabancs

Charabancs at the National Galleries at the Foot of the Mound - close-up ©

Charabancs (close-up)

 

Engravings

1829

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' ©

The Royal Institution

and Rotunda from Ramsay Garden

 Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - The Royal Institution from Princes Street ©

The Royal Institution

from Princes Street

 Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - The Royal Institution in Princes Street ©

The Royal Institution

from Hanover Street

 

Engravings

1852-59

Engraving of The Royal Institution - published 1852-59 in Pictorial History of Scotland, by James Taylor ©

The Royal Institution

 

Engravings

1860s

Engravings in Views of Edinburgh and its Vicinity, published by Banks & Co. - Edinburgh Castle, the National Gallery and the Free Church College ©

Published 1860s

Edinburgh Castle
National Galleries +
Free Church College

 

Engravings - Old & New Edinburgh - 1890

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Royal Institution - without the statue of Queen Victoria ©

The Royal Institution

without Queen Victoria

 Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Royal Institution in Princes Street - including Queen Victoria's statue ©

The Royal Institution

including Queen Victoria

 Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The National Gallery ©

The National Gallery

behind the Royal Institution

 

Stereo Views

Stereo view by an unidentified photographer - National Gallery ©    Stereo view by an unidentified photographer - National Gallery ©

Stereo view by an unidentified photographer - National Galleries and the Free Church of Scotland ©     The back of a stereo view by an unidentified photographer - National Galleries and the Free Church of Scotland ©

 

The National Galleries

Springtime

The National Gallery of Scotland from the foot of Playfair Steps ©

National Gallery of Scotland

view from the foot of Playfair Steps

The National Gallery of Scotland from East Princes Street Gardens ©

National Gallery of Scotland

view from East Princes Street Gardens

from the south side of the railway line

     

The Playfair Project

Proposed Link between the National Galleries  -  Artists' Impressions

Artist's Impression of a Proposed new entrance to the National Galleries of Scotland  ©

Artist's Impression

The new entrance

view from the Scott Monument

Aristi's impression of the proosed link between the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Gallery of Scotland ©

Artist's Impression

The underground link

looking from the south

 

The Playfair Project

Photographs 2002-03
Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - May 2002 - The Royal Scottish Academy and Edinburgh Castle ©

Preparation - May 2002

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - May 2002 - The Royal Scottish Academy undergoing restoration ©

Preparation - May 2002

 The Royal Scottish Academy - Frontage facing on to Princes Street, draped in preparation for work on the Playfair Project ©

Preparation - August 2002

The National Galleries - Excavation work for the Playfair Project - August 2002 ©

7 August 2002

The National Galleries - Excavation work for the Playfair Project - August 2002 ©

7 August 2002

Bus linking the four Edinburgh galleries of the National Galleries of Scotland - 20 September 2002 ©

20 September 2002

The National Galleries - Excavation work for the Playfair Project - 20 August 2002 ©

20 August 2002

The National Galleries - Excavation work for the Playfair Project - 20 August 2001 ©

20 August 2002

The National Galleries - Excavation work for the Playfair Project - 18 September 2002 ©

18 September 2002

The National Galleries, seen from East Princes Street Gardens - Building work for the Playfair Project ©

8 April 2003

The National Galleries, seen from East Princes Street Gardens - April 2003 ©

8 April 2003

The National Galleries of Scotland - Construction work for the Playfair Project ©

8 April 2003

The National Galleries - Construction work for the Playfair Project - 8 April 2003 ©

8 April 2003

The National Galleries - Construction work for the Playfair Project - 8 April 2003 ©

8 April 2003

The National Galleries - newly re-covered ground betweent the two Galleries at the Foot of the Mound - April 2003 ©

8 April 2003

 

The Edinburgh Festival

August 2003

Crowds gather outside the Royal Scottish Academy in Princes Street to watch the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade on 3 August 2003 ©

Cavalcade Spectators

National Gallery

The Royal Scottish Academy re-opens with its Monet exhibition - August 2003 ©

The Gallery Opens again

National Gallery

 

Edinburgh CowParade

May to July 2006

Edinburgh Cow Parade - 2006 - The National Galleries ©

The National Galleries

Edinburgh Cow Parade - 2006 - The National Galleries ©

The National Galleries

Edinburgh Cow Parade - 2006 - The National Galleries ©

The National Galleries

 

 

Red Lighting for Exhibition at Royal Scottish Academy

January 2007

Royal Scottish Academy - 4.30pm on January 9, 2007 ©

View from Hanover Street

The Royal Scottish Academy and Princes Street ©

Royal Scottish Academy
and Princes Street

The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Castle and shoppers in Princes Street ©

Royal Scottish Academy
and Edinburgh Castle

The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Castle and shoppers in Princes Street ©

Royal Scottish Academy
and Edinburgh Castle

 

Andy Warhol Exhibition

September 2007

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh - September 2007  ©

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh - September 2007 ©

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh - September 2007 ©

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh - September 2007

View from Hanover Street

 

Royal Scottish Academy

Christmas Eve 2009

Royal Scottish Academy - View from the top deck of a bus in Hanover Street, following a shower of snow ©

Colour

zoom-out

©

Sepia

zoom-in

 

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

2010

©

 

Five Galleries

Playfair Project and other National Galleries News

Maps of Edinburgh including the National Galleries.

  The National Galleries - 1830 map ©

 

 

The National Galleries

Story

1840s      Earthen Mound      2 Galleries      4 Galleries     Future      Artists

Photography

Thumbnails     Future     Exhibitions

Exhibitions

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