West Bow from Castle Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

2890

Title

West Bow from Castle Road

Description

In Castle Road, Edinburgh a boy plays with a hoop beside a horse and cart waiting on the road, whilst a woman and girl walk past a house with a pantile roof with a ladder leaning against it. Towards the buildings of West Bow people collect water from a well and another horse and cart take hay into a yard.

Artist / maker

Wilson, D.

Engraver

Forrest, W.

Date

1843

Size

15.2 x 18.1 cm

Type

Etching

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh's West Bow was zig-zagging street which led up from the Grassmarket to the top of the Lawnmarket. The street was interrupted by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace between 1829-34. Its lower section joining the Grassmarket remains, and the line of the old street can be followed via a staircase to the Upper Bow. Traffic now follows Victoria Street from the West Bow up to George IV Bridge.

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People > Children > Children playing

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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