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The east facade of the w:Old College, University of Edinburgh facing onto South Bridge / Nicholson Street, as built in 1827 to a plan by w:Robert Adam by w:William Henry Playfair, architect. The dome to Adam's design was added in 1887, to a design by w:Sir R. Rowand Anderson.

Print circa 1827, image scanned from A. J. Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press 1966.

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