Cannon Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle with a Soldier, 1846
A salted paper print showing a large historic cannon with a barrel of dark iron and a carved wooden carriage, seen on a flat stone terrace. A uniformed soldier in a cap stands beside the gun, while two figures and smaller cannons appear at the edges under pale, open sky.
- Artist
- David Octavius Hill
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1254 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1846).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund