A Capital View: The Art of Edinburgh: A Hundred Artworks from the City Collection

Edinburgh boasts one of the largest and most diverse collections of art of any city in Britain. In this book, Alyssa Poppiel features 100 artworks from the city collection, from the Enlightenment to the present day, which feature Edinburgh and its surroundings. Many paintings that are rarely on view to the public are included. All are accompanied by extended captions that set the context and provide a lively historical and anecdotal material. Artists include: John Slezer, Paul Sandby, Henry Raeburn, Alexander Nasmyth, Walter Geikie, David Roberts, Sam Bough, John Bell, James Paterson, Francis Cadell, William Crozier, Stanley Cursiter, Jessie M. King, Anne Redpath, and John Bellany.