Old Ecclesiastical House in Canongate

Category

Library Item

Item no

5369

Title

Old Ecclesiastical House in Canongate

Description

People are standing, sitting and talking beside a shop on street level in the Canongate, Edinburgh. The shop has goods attached to the wall below windows of the houses on the upper level. A seated street trader is selling flowers

Artist / maker

Smith, Jane Stewart

Date

1868

Size

33.9 x 24.9 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

People > Commercial activities > Street traders

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Speaking

(55°57′4″N, 3°10′51″W)

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