Upper Portion of East Side of West Bow

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

18428

Title

Upper portion of east side of West Bow with Major Weir's House

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1857

Size

16.7 x 14.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

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

Original caption: Another view of the old West Bow before its destruction.
Edinburgh's West Bow was zig-zagging street which led up from the Grassmarket to the top of the Lawnmarket. The street was interrupted by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace between 1829-34. Its lower section joining the Grassmarket remains, and the line of the old street can be followed via a staircase to the Upper Bow. Traffic now follows Victoria Street from the West Bow up to George IV Bridge.

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