Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840, British
Title:
View of the City of Edinburgh
Date:
ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
55 7/8 x 82 5/8 inches (141.9 x 209.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.3.21
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
city | river | waterfall | mountains | hill | cathedral | light | people | cityscape | university | landscape | clouds
Associated Places:
St Giles' Cathedral | Old College | Calton Hill | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Midlothian | Edinburgh | Scotland | Leith, Water of
Currently On View:
On view
Exhibition History:
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 170-171, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Morgan Falconer, Isles be back : Morgan Falconer on how the reopened Yale Center for British Art reframes Paul Mellon's collection, Apollo, vol. 201, June 2025, p. 115, N1 .A54 Oversize (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 33, 77, no. 19, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:181