Royal Scottish Academy
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The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art.
The RSA Building on Princes Street, Edinburgh
First President of the Scottish Academy, George Watson (1767-1837)
The RSA was formerly housed in the National Gallery of Scotland (left) until it moved to the Royal Institution building (right) in 1911
The RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition, 2022
Princes Street
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Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1.2 km from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street has few buildings on the south side and looks over Princes Street Gardens allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, as well as the valley between. Most of the street is limited to trams, buses and taxis with only the east end open to all traffic.
Panorama showing Princes Street from the Scott Monument.
View of Princes Street from Calton Hill.
Princes Street 1825 by Alexander Nasmyth
Princes Street, looking East, c. 1910–1915.