Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: laying of the foundation stone by the Prince of Wales, 1870. Coloured lithograph.

"The main building of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Lauriston Place was designed by David Bryce and built from 1870 to 1879. It incorporated part of William Adam’s George Watson’s Hospital of 1738‑41. It replaced the former Royal Infirmary building designed by William Adam which opened in 1748. The foundation stone of the new infirmary was laid in 1870. David Bryce died before it was completed and his son John Bryce remained as the superintending architect."-- Harriet Richardson Blakeman, Scottish Hospitals survey https://historic-hospitals.com/ (accessed in October 2022)