Leith Street and Regent Bridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

5146

Title

Leith Street and Regent Bridge

Description

The view up Leith Street, Edinburgh, towards the arches of the Regent Bridge. Shops line either side of the street, many with awnings outside. A flat bed truck makes its way towards a motor car as it comes down the hill. The streets are busy with shoppers looking in windows and walking by. A curved building on the corner has the words "Mills Hotel" painted on it.

Artist / maker

Rose, David T.

Date

1942

Size

25.8 x 38.8 cm

Type

Watercolour

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.

Leith Street is a short street in Edinburgh which runs downhill from the east end of Princes Street towards Leith.

Regent Bridge was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, and built between 1816 and 1819 to improve access to central Edinburgh from the London Road approach. Robert Stevenson was the engineer for the project. The Bridge spans a ravine between Calton Hill and Princes Street. The road which it carries was named Waterloo Place to commemorate the great battle of 1815.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Public accommodation facilities > Hotels

Transport > Land > Cars

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