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The back of the old jail, Edinburgh
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Category Library Item
Item No 2857
Title The back of the old jail, Edinburgh
Description Tenement buildings can be seen behind the old jail on the Royal Mile. Boots hang from a wall next to a doorway. Nearby soldiers sit under a lamp keeping watch on the prison. Close-by people congregate next to a well.
Artist / Maker Somerville, Daniel
Date 1817
Size 18.7 x 26 cm
Type "Lithograph"
Location Edinburgh Room
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The Tolbooth was Edinburgh's administrative centre and prison, and was also the site of many executions. It stood immediately to the west of St Giles Cathedral, and was demolished in 1817. Passers-by would show their dislike for this institution by spitting on its step. This habit persists today at the 'Heart of Midlothian', a cobbled heart which marks where the Tolbooth stood.
Subjects
Places > Scotland > Edinburgh
Crime and punishment > Crime and punishment facilities > Prisons
Landscape > Water > Wells
Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile
Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town
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