Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh
Hugh William Williams (1773 - Edinburgh 1829)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1798 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
370 x 714 mm
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 356808
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh by Hugh William Williams (1773 - Edinburgh 1829), signed and dated bottom right, cut in half as paper cropped, H W Williams 1798. Piershill Barracks were built in 1794 and were home to various regiments including the 6th Inniskillin Dragoon Guards and the 17th Lancers. The 17th Lancers returned to Britain in 1902 following the Boer War and were posted to Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh for three years. The barracks were vacated in 1934 and demolished in 1938. The island is Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth and the hills of Fife can be seen in the distance.
Makers and roles
Hugh William Williams (1773 - Edinburgh 1829), artist