View Showing the Heart of Midlothian

Category

Library Item

Item no

14554

Title

View showing the Heart of Midlothian and the High Street from the statue of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, Parliament Square, Edinburgh

Description

Photograph, taken from above, of a couple about to walk over the Heart of Midlothian - the image of a heart created out of cobble stones and embedded in the street. Behind the couple walks a woman in a red coat, while across the road, a car is parked with its boot door open.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2008

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Heart of Midlothian was created to commemorate the site of the Old Tolbooth which was demolished in 1817.

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People > Adults > Men

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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