St Giles, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

3255

Title

St Giles, Edinburgh

Description

A view of the west side of St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. The church has a large central tower with a distinctive crown-shaped spire. There are five large arched tracery windows and a central doorway. On the left the High Street is visible with the spire of the Tron Kirk in the distance. Directly in front of the cathedral is the statue of the Duke of Buccleuch. Three men stand talking in the foreground, others stand in front of the cathedral.

Artist / maker

Rose, David T.

Date

1930

Size

18.9 x 23.4 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.

St Giles Kirk, often called St Giles Cathedral, is situated on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.It is built in the gothic style of architecture, which developed from the romanesque style from the 12th to 16th centuries. Key aspects of the Gothic style are flying buttresses, the ribbed vault and pointed arch.

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