Exterior view of 26 George Street, the newly built premises of The Edinburgh Life Assurance Company, with the statue of King George IV in the foreground
- Date:
- 1909
- Location:
- 26 George Street, Edinburgh
- Reference:
- BL20511
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
These offices, designed by architect John Dick Peddie, were opened in 1908. The statue of King George IV, commemorating his visit to Edinburgh in 1822, was sculpted by Sir Francis Chantry.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Architect: Dick Peddie, John More
Sculptor: Chantry, Francis Legatt
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Edwardian Commercial Office, Georgian Statue
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