Athenians Collection

Modern Athenians plate 1 - Edinburgh
Alexander Youngson on the left hand plate, approaching John Sheriff, alias Dr. Syntax, on the right hand plate. Youngson was apparently not happy about being depicted with Dr

Modern Athenians plate 17 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Burt (d. 1839) a merry hearted physician, approaching Mr Roger Aytoun (d. 1843). Both men expecting rain and carrying each an umbrella

Modern Athenians plate 8 - Edinburgh
John Irvine (d. 1839) beautifully described as a " creeping figure, of too solid flesh, so sadly restricted in locomotion". Facing him is Captain Hugo Arnot (d)

Battle of Marathon
BATTLE OF MARATHON Miltiades, with 11, 000 Athenians and Plataeans, defeats the 60, 000-strong Persian army of Darius Hystaspes

Modern Athenians plate 6 - Edinburgh
John Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress

Modern Athenians plate 9 - Edinburgh
Robert Thompson (d. 1843) an importer of Irish linen and a Whig, approaching Alexander Douglas (d. 1851) for many years a Commissioner of Police

Modern Athenians plate 2 - Edinburgh
Rev. David Dickinson (1780-1842) of St, Cuthberts church, approaching and shaking hands with Rev. Robert Candlish (died 1873) of St Georges Church

Modern Athenians plate 46 - Edinburgh
James Simson (d. 1876) doctor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons, approaching Alexander Monro (d. 1859) professor of Anatomy

Modern Athenians plate 32 - Edinburgh
Mr David Tweedie and his brother John Tweedie (c. 1773-1847) on the Streets of Edinburgh. Both brothers partners in law

Modern Athenians plate 37 - Edinburgh
Capt. The Honorable Augustus G. F. Jocelyn (d. 1847) approaching Lieutenant General Sir Niel Douglas (1790-1853) commander and chief of the British army

Tumulus of Marathon. Greece
Soros or Tumulus of Marathon. Burial mound for the 192 athenian dead at the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) between Persians and athenian army. Near Athens. Greece

5th Century BC 192 490 Ancient Age Army Athenian
5th, century, BC, 192, 490, Ancient, Age, army, Athenian, athenians, Athens, Attica, battle, Battle, of, Marathon, battlefield, burial, mound, dead, death, first, Persian, invasion, Greece, grass

Mr George Sandy (c. 1777 - 1853), approaching Mr James Pedie (c. 1791-1844) Date: 1839

James Jollie (1757 - 1846), business man connected with many public institutions in Edinburgh, approaching Robert Sym (1752-1845)

Greece. Delphi. The Athenian Treasury. 510 to 480 B. C
Greek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Athenian Treasury. Built in Parian marble. Its construction ranging from 510 to 480 B.C. The metopes are reproductions. The originals are kept in the museum of Delphi

Critias (460-403 BC). Engraving. Colored
Critias (460-403 BC). Greek sophist. One of the Thirty Tyrants. Engraving. Colored

Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618, by Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Modern Athenians plate 5 - Edinburgh
Rev. Dr Clason (1789-1868) of Buccleuch Street Chapel facing Rev. Robert Gordon (1786-1853) of High Church. Two well remembered ministers of the old establishment in conversation

Modern Athenians plate 26 - Edinburgh
Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan (1792-1851) a Scottish lawyer and judge, approaching Adam, Lord Anderson (1797-1853) solicitor-General, Dean of Faculty, and judge

Greek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Stoa of the Athenians. c. 478
Greek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Stoa of the Athenians. Ancient building in the Sanctuary of Apollo. It was constructed c. 478-470 B.C. Early Classical period

Treasury of the Athenians. 5th century BC. Inscription. Delp
Treasury of the Athenians. Temple built around 5th century BC. Detail of a hymn to Delphi, in ancient Greek, engraved in a wall. Apollo also appears with the zither. Delphi. Greece

Part of the Trophy Column. 5th century BC. Archaeological Mu
Part of the Trophy Column, built to commemorate the Battle of Marathon after the defeat of the Persians by the Athenians. 5th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece

Greece. Tumulus of Marathon, tomb of the 192 athenians who died in the Battle of Marathon (5th century B.C.)

The Treasure of the Athenians. Detail
Treasure of the Athenians. 510-500 BC. Metope depicting Theseus fighting the amazon Antiope. Delphi Museum. Greece

MARATHON
The mountains look on Marathon, and Marathon looks on the sea (Byron) - scene of battle between Athenians and Persians (490 BCE) and the run bearing the news of victory. Date: 1850

Athenians Escape
Athenians flee their city as Sullas Romans successfully besiege it Date: 88 BC

Modern Athenians plate 29 - Edinburgh
William Burn Callender (d. 1854) of Prestonhall, walking the same Edinburgh street as Sir Charles Gs Menteath, a Baronet of the Shire of Dumfries

Modern Athenians plate 41 - Edinburgh
Sir James Wellwood, Lord Moncreiff (1776-1851) walking the same street as fellow member of the Bar, Mr Robert Bell (1781-1861) Sheriff of Berwickshire

Egypt - Nile near Aswan - Tourist Nile Cruiser
The Nile Cruiser Arabia on the River Nile near Aswan - such large paddlesteamers were very popular and served the burgeoning tourist industry

Modern Athenians plate 30 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Hadley (d. circa 1850), a stagecoach driver who holds a whip, passing Mr George Dunlop (d. 1789) who smokes a cigar as they pass on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 27 - Edinburgh
William Gallaway (d. 1851) accountant, approaching Patrick Neill (1776-1851) a printer, florist, gardening author, naturalist and useful citizen Date: 1847

Modern Athenians plate 18 - Edinburgh
Two judges, The Hon. Patrick, Lord Robertson (1793-1855) and The Right Hon. John Hope, Lord Justice-Clerk (1794-1858) meet on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 4 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Thompson (c.1790-1857) Sheriff of Caithness, being followed by Mr Robert Hunter (1791-1871) Sheriff of Bute and Dumbarton

Modern Athenians plate 38 - Edinburgh
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) Scottish poet, humorist and writer, looking quizzically through his monocle at a sheepish Alexander Smellie (1770-1850)

Modern Athenians plate 33 - Edinburgh
Mr Patrick Shaw (1796-1872) lawyer and monoped, passing Hercules Robertson (Lord Benholme) (1796-1874) lawyer and Sheriff of Renfrewshire, on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 47 - Edinburgh
Walter Duthie (c. 1795-1868) Scottish lawyer, walking the same Edinburgh Street as Alexander Cleghorn (d. 1850) Inspector General of Exports and Imports for Scotland

Modern Athenians plate 39 - Edinburgh
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874) Scottish judge, passing John Learmonth (1789-1858) politician, coachbuilder and builder of the Dean Bridge at at personal cost of 30, 00"

Modern Athenians plate 42 - Edinburgh
George Combe (1788-1858) phrenologist & natural philosopher, passing John Gray (1765-1850) solocitor, on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 28 - Edinburgh
Rev. Thomas Russell (d. 1843-44) approaching Mr Hector McNeill, a sporty looking man of which little is known

Modern Athenians plate 13 - Edinburgh
John, Lord Cuninghame (1783-1854) approaching Adam, Lord Gillies (1766-1842), both lawyers, judges and Whigs. Both carry umbrellas

Modern Athenians plate 25 - Edinburgh
The Hon. Francis, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850) a Scottish judge and literary critic, approaching Sir John Archibald, Lord Murray (1779-1859) a Scottish judge

Modern Athenians plate 48 - Edinburgh
Charles Cuningham, City Clerk, meeting with Adam Black (1784-1874) twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh, publisher and founder of the A & C Black publishing company, publishing the 7th

Modern Athenians plate 45 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Mercer (1797-1875) meeting Alexander Youngson; his second drawing by the artist, after apparently being hurt pairing him with the Dr Syntax charater

Modern Athenians plate 12 - Edinburgh
Mr John Wilson (d. 1854) Poet, angler, walker and Professor of Moral Philosophy, approaching Mr George Joseph Bell (d. 1843) Professor of Scots Law

Modern Athenians plate 16 - Edinburgh
Two members of the Faculty of Advocates, Mr Robert Forsyth (c. 1764-1845) meeting on the streets of Edinburgh with Mr John Shank More (c. 1784-1861)

Modern Athenians plate 22 - Edinburgh
James Aytoun (1797-1881) advocate, towering above Mr Alexander Robertson (c. 1787-1847), music seller and music teacher, who contemplates with wonder the gigantic proportions of Mr Aytoun as they

Modern Athenians plate 19 - Edinburgh
Rev. William Muir (1787-1869) of St. Stevens Church, holding out his hand to greet Mr Walter Cook (d. 1861), writer to the Signet

Modern Athenians plate 24 - Edinburgh
Mr George Thompson (1757-1851) noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. approaching J F Williams (1785-1846) a teacher of drawing and a painte"

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