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Malloch's Close - north side of Canongate
Channing, William, 1850, Pen work, Wash drawing
Malloch's Close - north side of Canongate
Malloch's Close - north side of Canongate
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Item no
19560
Title
Malloch's Close - north side of Canongate - mostly demolished
Description
The view looks down a narrow alley between rows of houses. On either side there are stone steps leading to entrances at first floor level. On one side a girl is playing with a doll at the top of the stairs. Below her, two women are talking and a man holding a stick leans on the steps. At the bottom of the steps opposite a woman who is barefoot stands and holds a broom.
Artist / maker
Channing, William
Date
1850
Size
25.5 x 17.7 cm
Type
Pen work
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Wash drawing
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Malloch's Close in the Canongate was named after three Mallochs who owned the tenement on this site before 1750.
The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.
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Wm. Channing's sketches in Edinburgh (3)
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