Riddle's Close, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2551

Title

Riddle's Close, Edinburgh

Description

A man with a cap lighting a pipe in Riddle's Court. Above an arched entrance is a carved stone.

Artist / maker

Rose, David T.

Date

1932

Size

25 x 19.2 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

David Thomas Rose was born in the Scottish Borders and brought up in Nairn.
His first job took him to Glasgow in 1896 where he studied in night classes in Glasgow Academy of Art.
Family summer holidays were mostly taken in Scotland. His sister became a eminent obstetrician, working in Edinburgh and the Roses would often stay with her in Joppa or with other family in Fife. While there in 1933 Rose sketched prolifically, especially in the Dean Village and Leith Docks.

Riddle's Court is situated on the south side of the Lawnmarket. The remains of the house of Bailie McMorran, built in the 16th century, are located here.

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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