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Old Assembly Rooms, West Bow
Geikie, Walter, 1830, Pencil work
Old Assembly Rooms, West Bow
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6239
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Old Assembly Rooms, West Bow
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Geikie, Walter
Date
1830
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21.9 x 17 cm
Type
Pencil work
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh's first Assembly Room was situated on the West Bow. Regular assemblies, or dances, were held there for several decades from 1710. The assemblies, whilst popular, were also the subject of much controversy and disapproval amongst the local community. New, grander premises opened in George Street in 1787.
Edinburgh's West Bow was zig-zagging street which led up from the Grassmarket to the top of the Lawnmarket. The street was interrupted by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace between 1829-34. Its lower section joining the Grassmarket remains, and the line of the old street can be followed via a staircase to the Upper Bow. Traffic now follows Victoria Street from the West Bow up to George IV Bridge.
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