Corner of Lawnmarket and West Bow

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

18436

Title

Corner of Lawnmarket and West Bow

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1857

Size

15.3 x 14.9 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

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

Original caption: The Old Bowhead and adjacent houses at the top of the West Bow (now demolished). Old Houses in the Lawnmarket can be seen on the left of the view taken from Johnston Terrace.
Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.
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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