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Tolbooth Well

Skene, James, 1820, Pen work
Tolbooth Well
Tolbooth Well
Tolbooth Well
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628
Title
Tolbooth Well
Description
A busy street scene with men and women, some of whom are collecting water from the well in a barrel. A lamp is attached to the top of the well. Construction work is being undertaken beside the well. A hole has been dug in the road, one of the workers is using a pickaxe. A horse with an empty cart is in the hole. On the road a man with a cane is walking past carrying a package. There are other horses with carts and also a carriage on the road. Tenement buildings many with smoking chimneys are in the background. The legend "North Brit" is written on one of the buildings.
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Date
1820
Size
16 x 10 cm.
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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