South Gray's Close

Category

Library Item

Item no

18881

Title

South Gray's Close

Description

A woman sits cradling her baby at the edge of a walled garden in front of a collection of tall tenement buildings. The tenements have steep gable roofs, small windows and chimneys. One of the tenements has an arcaded entranceway.

Artist / maker

Drummond, James

Date

1879

Size

27.4 x 36.9 cm

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Print dated: 23 June 1858
The 'closes' of Edinburgh's Old Town are narrow passages branching off at right angles from the main streets. They provide access to the tenement buildings, and often to small shared courtyards. Many closes also act as shortcuts between the Old Town's main streets.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Arcades (Architectural components)

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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