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'The Wine Quay'
Seres, Jean-Louis, 1730, Oil painting, Reproduction
'The Wine Quay'
'The Wine Quay'
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Item no
36312
Title
Leith Miscellany Vol 1
Artist / maker
Seres, Jean-Louis
Date
1730
Size
16.8 x 24.6 cm
Type
Oil painting
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Reproduction
The wine importing trade was important in Leith, partly due to the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France. At one point there were around 100 warehouses storing wine in Leith, most of which were converted to whisky storage in the late nineteenth century.
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Leith Miscellany Vol I
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