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Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Chrystal, Francis M., 1912, Photograph
Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
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Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
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A long arched roof is part of the entrance to Brodie's Close. Stone steps at one side lead of into another area. A window has metal bars over it.
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Chrystal, Francis M.
Date
1912
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15.6 x 21 cm
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Despite living in the New Town, Stevenson was well acquainted with the shabby charm of Edinburgh's Old Town. This image shows Brodie's Close - Deacon Brodie may have been the inspiration for Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: a respectable cabinet maker and highly regarded Edinburgh town-council member by day and burglar by night.
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.
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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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
Robert Louis Stevenson
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