Looking east from the New Club
This photograph was taken from Princes Street, outside the New Club (on
the north side of the street between the Frederick Street junction and the
Hanover Street junction.
Pedestrians are wearing long dresses and hats.
Princes Street is busy with horse-drawn traffic and few pedestrians.
The prominent buildings are (left to right):
-
Nelson Monument
just visible on
Calton Hill
- tower of the
North British Hotel
- the
Scott Monument
- the
Royal Scottish
Academy at the foot of the
Mound with the statue
of Queen Victoria on the roof. |