Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840, British
Title:
A View of Edinburgh from the West
Date:
1822 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (61.6 x 92.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.134
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
dog (animal) | landscape | genre subject | cityscape | costume | university | leisure | women | men | walking | mountain | hills | castle | observatory | cathedral | temple | buildings | tower (building division) | city | boulders
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | Scotland | Edinburgh | St Giles' Cathedral | Calton Hill | University of Edinburgh
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Voices of Scotland (The Grolier Club, 1992-12-17 - 1993-02-20)

Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
J.C.B. Cooksey, Alexander Nasmyth, 1758-1840 : a man of the Scottish Renaissance, Paul Harris, Whittingehame House, pp. 33-34, 86-88, no. O28A, NJ18 N174 C66 1991+ (YCBA)

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)

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 201, no. VI.29, pl. 173, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 17, no. 143, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:354