| RefNo | MOB/064 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Henry James's Model of Arthur's seat |
| Artist | Ordinance Survey of Great Britain |
| Date | 1856 |
| Description | Three dimensional relief map of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland, showing the contours of the extinct volcano and several bodies of water including Dunstapie Loch and Duddingston Loch. Three red lines have been drawn onto the model’s surface, intersecting at the highest point of the Seat. A simple four-point compass rose also visible, upper right. Enclosed in an ebonised wooden box, the upper side glazed, with the numerals ‘1900-126’ painted in white on the lower edge. |
| Extent | 1 artefact |
| ObjectName | Artefact |
| Materials | Plaster, ink, wood, glass |
| Dimensions | h 199 x w 319 x d 47 mm [box] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Provenance | Presented by Henry James, 1856, to accompany his paper ‘On the deflections of the plumb-line at Arthur’s Seat, and on the mean specific gravity of the Earth’, Transactions of the Royal Society, v.146 , 1856 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-12474 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2879 | James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); surveyor | 1803 - 1877 |