View of the Scott Monument and the New Town

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11674

Title

View of the Scott monument and the New Town from Market Street

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1887

Size

8.3 x 17.1 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

'This confident view of the levels of modernised Edinburgh indicates the scale of engineering required to replace the old Upper Bow and construct the new George 1V Bridge. You can just make out the chimneys of the Cowgate below it. The arcaded terrace (itself a homage to old Edinburgh) on the left remains incomplete, since at that date, it provided the only access through to Riddle's Court which was then inaccessible to the Lawnmarket.' Charles McKean

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