Wilsons Court - Canongate - Capital Collections

Category

Library Item

Item no

19616

Title

Wilsons Court - Canongate

Description

A sketch drawing looking into an enclosed courtyard and across rooftops in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The tiled roofs are all at different heights and there are many chimney pots outlined against the sky. Clothes hang from an upper window behind a round turret which stands at the opening to the yard.

Artist / maker

Channing, William

Date

1850

Size

24.9 x 17.0 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Courtyards

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Furnishings > Equipment > Laundry

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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