North Gray's Close

Category

Library Item

Item no

18889

Title

North Gray's Close

Description

A couple of people stand on either side of a narrow lane in the Old Town area of Edinburgh. The close leads between tumbledown tenement buildings which overhang the path.

Artist / maker

Drummond, James

Date

1879

Size

20 x 12.2 cm

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Print dated: 21st June 1850
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 Old Town's main streets.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

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