Unidentified Street (possibly Reid's Close)

Category

Library Item

Item no

3521

Title

Unidentified street (possibly Reid's Close)

Description

A barefooted man sits on a cart on a cobblestone road in Edinburgh. At either side of the road is housing, washing is drying at one side.

Artist / maker

Keith, Thomas

Date

1856

Size

28 x 25 cm

Type

Paper negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Roddy Simpson identified Reid's Close as a likely location for this photograph. His research was presented at the SSHoP seminar on the photography of Dr Thomas Keith, 24th November 2006.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Carts and wagons

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