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Plaque at Advocate's Close, High Street, Edinburgh
MacLean, Kevin, 2007, Digital image
Plaque at Advocate's Close, High Street, Edinburgh
Plaque at Advocate's Close, High Street, Edinburgh
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11979
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Plaque at Advocate's Close, High Street, Edinburgh
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A photograph taken from inside Advocate's Close, of the plaque which hangs on the corner of the stone wall. The plaque is made of bronze and is a square shape. In the distance the blurred side of St. Giles Cathedral can be seen.
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MacLean, Kevin
Date
2007
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26.4 x 19.7 cm
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Digital image
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The plaque reads: "Advocate's Close: Residence of Lord Advocate Sir James Stewart 1692 - 1713. Also Andrews Crosbie the jovial 'counsellor pleydell': earlier Sir John Scougal Painter of William III and Queen Mary. West stands mansion of Bishop Bothwell Died 1593."
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