Palace and Abbey

of

Holyroodhouse

usually known as Holyrood Palace and Abbey

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

Postcards

Postcard  -  Charles L Reis  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Charles L Reis

Postcard by A Louis Reis & Co  -  Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh ©

A Louis Reis

Postcard by Alex A Inglis  -  TheFountain at Holyrood Palace ©

Alex. A. Inglis

Hartmann Real Glossy Tartan Series Postcard  -  Holyrood Palace  -  Stewart Hunting Tartan ©

Hartmann

Hartmann Postcard  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat  -  Moonlight effect ©

Hartmann

Postcards  -  James Patrick  -  Castle Series  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

James Patrick

Postcard by Valentine & Co  -  Holyrood Palace in winter ©

Valentine & Co

Marshall Wane Postcard in the JM&Co Caledonia Series   -  Holyrood Palacel ©

Marshall Wane

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, used as a Christmas Card  -   Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Publisher not named

Valentine Postcard  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park  -  1923  -  Photogravure ©

Valentine & Co

Postcard published by S Hildesheimer  -  Holyrood Palace and Edinburgh Coat of Arms ©

S Hildesheimer

Postcard  -  Castle Series  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat ©

Castle Series

  ©

  ©

Albany Series

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light   -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light   -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

W H Series

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light   -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, showing the effect when held up to the light   -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

W H Series

    Postcard  -  Castle Series  -  Holyroood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Unidentified Publisher

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard  -  Holyrood Palace ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

Postcard  -  John Patrick  -  Chapel Royal, Holyrood ©

John Patrick

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard  -  Holyrood Abbey and Strand ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

Raphael Tuck "Oilette" postcard  -  The Canongate from Holyrood Palace ©

Raphael Tuck "Oilette"

 

Postcard published by RB (Rock Brothers):  as published, Image reversed ©

As published: picture reversed

Rock Brothers

Postcard published byRB (Rock Brothers);  Picture corrected but text now reversed ©

Picture corrected: text reversed

Rock Brothers

 

 

Holyrood Palace

Photos

Holyrood Abbey and Palace and the Burns Monument in Regent Road  -  Photograph by George Washington Wilson ©

19th Century

G W Wilson

Holyrood Palace and Chapel  -  Alex A Inglis ©

Late C19

Alex A Inglis

Sundial at Holyrood ©

Date?

Photographer not known

Horse and cart parked outside the Main Entrance to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, beneath the Coat of Arms  -  Photograph by FE Bailey  -  When might this photo have been taken? ©

Date?

FE Bailey

Photograph by Norward Inglis  -  Holyrood Palace Gates ©

c.1950s

Norward Inglis

The Raeburn Family  -  Ian, Eileen, Alan, Evelyn and Kenny - around 1953-54 ©

1954-55

Children by Fountain

©

June 2010

Holyrood Palace Gates

Holyrood Palace in the snow  -  Christmas Eve, 2010 ©

Christmas Eve, 2010

Holyrood Palace

 

Holyrood Palace

Views from the Radical Road and the slopes of Arthur's Seat

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

1961

Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs  -  Edinburgh  -  November 2002  -  Looking down on Holyrood Palace from the slopes of Arthur's Seat in Queen's Park ©

Nov 2002

Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs  -  Edinburgh  -  May 2002  -  The Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood Palace ©

May 2002

Garden Party  - Holyrood Palace

Photograph by Peter Stubbs  -  Edinburgh  -   May 2002  -  Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

May 2002

Garden Party - Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park  -  January 2013 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

Looking down on Holyrood Palace - 1961 ©

Jan 2013

Holyrood Palace

 

Holyrood Palace Gardens

Holyrood Palace  -  Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace  -  Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace  -  Cafe Gardens and Park Keeper's House  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Park Keeper's House

Holyrood Palace  -  Cafe Gardens and Scottish Parliament  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Café Gardens + Scottish Parliament

Tree in Holyrood Palace Gardens  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Tree in Holyrood Palace Gardens

Outlook from Holyrood Palace Gardens, looking out towards Arthur's Seat ©

Jun 2010

Outlook from Holyrood Palace Gardens

Statue in Holyrood Palace Gardens  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Statue in Palace Gardens

Holyrood Abbey

Postcards and Photos

Holyrood Chapel  -  Photo by Alex A Inglis ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO
Alex A Inglis

Albumen Print of Holyrood Abbey by James Valentine - 1889 ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
James Valentine

The Head Gardener, W ALexander, standing in front of Holyrood Abbey ©

PHOTOGRAPH
Photographer not known

Holyrood Abbey 1995 ©

1995

Holyrood Abbey

Photograph by Peter Stubbs  -  Edinburgh  -  November 2002  -  Holyrood Abbey ©

Nov 2002

Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Abbey, June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Holyrood Abbey

Looking up to Holyrood Abbey Window from the grounds of Holyroodhouse  -  June 2010 ©

Jun 2010

Holyrood Abbey Window

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

from Calton Hill

©

ALBUMEN PRINT
When?
J Patrick

Albumen Print of Holyrood Palace and Abbey from Calton Hill  -  James Valentine  -  1870s ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
1870s
James Valentine

George Washington Wilson's Albumen Print of Holyrood from Calton Hill ©

ALBUMEN PRINT
When?
GW Wilson

Engraving from Nelson's Pictorial Guide Books  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur Seat ©

ENGRAVING
c.1870
Nelson's Pictorial Guide Book

Photograph from View Album of Edinburgh & District, published by Patrick Thomson around 1900  -  Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

AROUND 1890s
View Album of
Edinburgh and District

Holyrood from Calton Hill - Photograph by Begbie ©

EDINBURGH ALBUM PHOTO
late-1850s
Thomas V Begbie

 

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

from the West

Producing  Coloured Postcards

JB White - an original black and white photo used to produce a coloured postcard  -  Holyrrood Palace and Abbey ©    JB White - hand-coloured photo - an intermediate stage in producing a coloured postcard  -  Holyrrood Palace and Abbey ©    JB White - A coloured postcard  -  Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

 

Stereoscopic Views

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series  -  Holyrood Palace and Abbey ©

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

Stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series  -  The North Wall of Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey  -  The North Wall

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

stereo view in the "McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes" series  -  The East Window of Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey  -  The East Window

McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes

Stereo View by McGlashon  -  Looking towards the East Window of Holyrood Abbey, with figures in the scene ©

Holyrood Abbey - East Window + figures

Walter Greenoak Patterson

Stereoscopic View by Walter Greenoak Patterson  -  View from Calton Hill towards Holyrood ©

Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill

[Unidentified Photographer]

 Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey  -  photographer not identified ©

Holyrood Abbey

Lennie

Stereo View of Holyrood Palace from the Palace Gates  -  Lennie ©

 View from the Palace Gates

Underwood & Underwood

Stereo View of the Fountain at Holyrood Palace  -  Underwood & Underwood ©

The Fountain at Holyrood Palace

LL, Paris

Stereo view by L L, Paris  -  Holyrood Abbey ©

Holyrood Abbey

George Washington Wilson

GW Wilson stereo card  -  Interior of Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wilson - Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wiilson - Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill ©

Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill

George Washington Wilson

Stereo view by George Washington Wilson - The Scott Monument and Carriages in Princes Street ©

Holyrood Palace from Queen's Park

Archibald Burns

Stereo View by Archibald Burns  -  Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

George Washington Wilson

Stereoscopic View by GW Wilson  -  Holyrood Palace ©

The back of a Stereoscopic View by GW Wilson  - Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Chapel

Keystone View Company

Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey and Palace by Keystone View Company ©

Description on the back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey and Palace by Keystone View Company ©

Holyrood Palace

Lennie

Stereo View of Holyrood Palace from the Palace Gates  -  Lennie ©

The Back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

Unidentified photographer

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer  - Holyrood Palace and Chapel  -  A view on translucent tissue with small holes to allow the light through ©

 The back of a stereo view by an unidentified photographer  -  Portobello Castle ©

Holyrood Palace and Chapel

Unidentified photographer

Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey, with two figures in the scene  -  Photographer not identified ©

The description on the back of a Stereo View of Holyrood Abbey, with two figures in the scene  -  Photographer not identified ©

Holyrood Abbey and Palace

Unidentified photographer

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer  -  Holyrood Abbey and Palace ©

A stereo view by an unidentified photographer  -  Holyrood Abbey and Palace ©

Holyrood Abbey and Palace

Albemarle Series

Stereoscopic Views  -  Albemable Series  -  Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

Unidentified photographer

Stereo view by an unidentified photographer  -  Holyrood Abbey  -  Queen Mary's Dial ©

The back of a stereo view by an unidentified photographer  -  Holyrood Abbey  -  Queen Mary's Dial ©

Holyrood Abbey - Queen Mary's Dial

 

Engravings

Modern Athens - 1829

Engraving in 'Modern Athens'  -  Holyrood Chapel ©

Holyrood Chapel

Engraving from "Modern Athens"  -  Published 1829  -  Holyrood Palace - The Interior Quadrangle ©

Holyrood Palace

The Interior Quadrangle

Engraving in 'Modern Athens'  -  Holyrood Palace ©

Holyrood Palace

Engraving  -  Old & New Edinburgh -  1890

Croft-an-Righ house at Abbey Hill, near Holyrood ©

AROUND HOLYROOD

'Croft-an-Righ' House

Engraving in "Old & New Edinburgh"  -  Queen Mary's Bath House ©

AROUND HOLYROOD

Queen Mary's Bath House

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh'  -  Holyrood Palace and Abbey from the south-east ©

Holyrood Palace and Abbey

 

Maps and Aerial Photograph

Edinburgh  -   1844  -  Map produced for the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge  -  Section L ©

1844

Edinburgh Map  -  1925  -  Section L ©

1925

Aerial Photograph  -  2001  -  Section L ©

2001

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Map

Please click here to find Holyrood Palace and Abbey on a map of the Royal Mile.

Holyrood Abbey is No. 44 and Holyrood Palace is No. 45 at the bottom of  this map.

 

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