Print of "Edinburgh From Corstorphin Hill" Engraved By William Woolnoth (1780-1837) After Painting By Rev John Thomson of Duddingston (1778 - 1840)

Print of "Edinburgh From Corstorphin Hill" engraved by William Woolnoth (1780-1837) after original oil painting By Rev John Thomson of Duddingston (1778 - 1840). The original painting hangs in the National Galleries of Scotland.

Rev John Thomson FRSE HonRSA (1 September 1778 – 28 October 1840) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland and noted amateur landscape painter. He was the minister of Duddingston Kirk from 1805 to 1840. Thomson was a pupil of renowned artist Alexander Naysmith, friends with Henry Rayburn and Sir Walter Scott and even hosted famous English artist William Turner at his studio besides Duddingston Loch.