The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and

1846

Salted paper print

Art Institute of Chicago

A sepia-toned, blurry photograph shows a man in a hat next to a cannon, with two other figures present. A sepia-toned, blurry photograph shows a man in a hat next to a cannon, with two other figures present. Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon. A small, blurred figure sits on top of the cannon while another figure, in uniform with a rifle at his side, stands at left.