[Greyfriars Churchyard & the Castle]

1843–1847

Current Collection

Los Angeles, United States

Medium: Salted paper print from a paper negative
Dimensions: 13.3 × 17.1 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-799942

> Described in *Chambers Edinburgh Journal* of 1836 as "the Westminster Abbey of Scotland," Greyfriars Kirk dates from 1620 and was the first church to be built in the capital city after the Reformation. In 1638 the National Covenant, a declaration of the Presbyterian faith, was signed there. Its churchyard is the oldest cemetery in Edinburgh. > > This image shows two figures standing against a sloping backdrop of tombstones with a view of Edinburgh Castle in the distance. The fortress, situated on a volcanic crag, was home to Scottish monarchs until James VI of Scotland (1566-1625) succeeded Elizabeth I of England (1858-1603) as James I of England in 1603, thus uniting the two crowns. (See [84.XO.964.21](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99153/hill-adamson-greyfriars-churchyard-1843-1847/), [84.XM.263.5](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/38273/hill-adamson-greyfriars'-churchyard-the-dennistoun-monument-with-d-o-hill-and-his-nieces-scottish-1843-1847/), [84.XO.734.4.4.40](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99419/hill-adamson-greyfriars-churchyard-1843-1848/) and [84.XO.734.4.4.44](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99423/hill-adamson-grey…

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

1843–1847 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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