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Morrisons Close, High Street
Channing, William, 1850, Wash drawing
Morrisons Close, High Street
Morrisons Close, High Street
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Morrisons Close, High Street
Description
Washing hangs from small windows at the back of an old stone tenement block in Edinburgh. On a wooden ledge on the near wall sits a row of plant pots.
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Channing, William
Date
1850
Size
25.6 x 17.7 cm
Type
Wash drawing
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Morrison's Close off the High Street had a great house on its east side in the 18th century. The house was owned in succession by two men both named John Morison.
The High Street is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile that runs from George IV Bridge down to its junction with Jeffrey Street and St. Mary's Street.
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Wm. Channing's sketches in Edinburgh (3)
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