Cowgate

Category

Library Item

Item no

1021

Title

Cowgate

Description

In the street scene in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, a man is leading a horse and cart along the road. Other people stand or walk in the street past the tall buildings. On the rooftops chimneys are smoking.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1836

Size

23 x 17 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Artist has annotated picture with - "Cowgate 27 May 1836, begun to be demolished".

The Cowgate runs from its junction with St Mary's Street (formerly St Mary's Wynd) and the Pleasance to the Grassmarket. It was the route by which cattle were driven into town from outside Edinburgh. The Cowgate Port was a gateway through the Flodden wall (City Wall).

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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