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David Octavius Hill

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

1846
Salted paper print
27.5 × 37.1 cm (10.8 × 14.6 in)

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