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The portrait gallery was established in 1882, before its new building was completed. The London National Portrait Gallery was the first such separate museum in the world, however it did not move into its current purpose-built building until 1896, making the Edinburgh gallery the first in the world to be specially built as a portrait gallery. [8]
Below are lists of former street names in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. This is a compilation of lost, renamed or relocated streets in Edinburgh. The degree of preservation of the city, in combination with its status as the home of many famous persons, renders the list worthwhile.
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. [2]
West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance: 2008: Jessica McCain: Statue: Bronze — Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society More images: Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens
John Mackintosh (1929–1978), Scottish Labour Party politician and Edinburgh University lecturer; John MacMorran (d. 1595), Scottish merchant killed by High School students; Mary Cranston Mason (1846-1932), social reformer and temperance leader
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Old Town, shown in dark brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The Old Town is defined here as the area around ...
The infirmary received a Royal Charter from George II in 1736 which gave it its name of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [12] and commissioned William Adam to design a new hospital on a site close by to the original building, on what later became Infirmary Street. In 1741 the hospital moved the short distance to the not yet completed building ...
In 1853 a new surgical hospital was built between the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Infirmary Street and Surgeon’s Hall, containing 19 beds for eye patients. [2] The eye facilities were moved to the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Lauriston Place in 1870, and were expanded and moved to the purpose-built Moray Pavilion in 1903.