Hangie's House, Fishmarket Close

Category

Library Item

Item no

1038

Title

Hangie's House, Fishmarket Close

Description

A man drives a loaded horse and cart past Hangie's House, Fishmarket Close, Edinburgh. A piper is playing to a small crowd of people in the street, while others watch from shop doorways. Smoke billows out from the chimneys, filling the sky.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1819

Size

16 x 21 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Monochrome watercolour of Hangie's House in Fishmarket Close, Edinburgh.

Fishmarket Close, now Old Fishmarket Close, is a short street connecting the High Street with the Cowgate. Needless to say it was the site of Edinburgh's fish market.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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