On our second day in Edinburgh, our friends gave us a tour round the older parts of Edinburgh and we stopped for a coffee in Princes Street Gardens, sitting on the grass with this view of the Scott Monument (I've delayed posting this because I wan…  | By Art-Chap-Enjoin on August 29, 2024 | On our second day in Edinburgh, our friends gave us a tour round the older parts of Edinburgh and we stopped for a coffee in Princes Street Gardens, sitting on the grass with this view of the Scott Monument (I've delayed posting this because I wanted to do some more work on the sketch). The monument is to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (famous for historical novels like Ivanhoe and Rob Roy). When he died in 1832 a competition was held to design a monument and a draughtsman and self-taught architect won, using the pseudonym of "John Morvo". We were very lucky to have beautiful weather that day, and also visited the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Fri-19-Aug-2024 | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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