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Johnstones Close. Lawnmarket
Channing, William, 1850, Wash drawing
Johnstones Close. Lawnmarket
Johnstones Close. Lawnmarket
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19551
Title
Johnstones Close. Lawnmarket
Description
Tumbledown Edinburgh tenement buildings towering over a narrow walkway. The exit from the close is through a stone archway beneath a section of housing connecting the tenement buildings. There are many small windows amongst the stonework, two doorways on the left and a wooden fence on the right of the cobbled alley.
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Channing, William
Date
1850
Size
26.3 x 19.1 cm
Type
Wash drawing
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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.
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Wm. Channing's sketches in Edinburgh (3)
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