Old Town from Princes Street Gardens

Category

Library Item

Item no

3052

Title

Old Town from Princes Street Gardens

Description

Buildings in the Old Town with the top of St Giles Cathedral rising above them as seen from Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. Waverley Bridge joins the two areas. The trees of Princes Street Gardens stand in the fore ground.

Artist / maker

Rose, David T.

Date

1925

Size

19 x 24 cm

Type

Aquatint

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.

'Old Town' is the general name given to the original mediaeval centre of Edinburgh. It consists principally of the Royal Mile and the streets and closes leading from it, including those previously part of the separate burgh of Canongate. It also includes the Cowgate and the Grassmarket. The restricted size of the Old Town necessitated the construction of multi-storey 'lands' from the 1500's onwards, many of which still exist today. Eventually chronic overcrowding led to expansion of the city northwards past the Nor' Loch and southwards beyond the Flodden Wall. The Old Town area has now been classed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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