Laus Deo House

Category

Library Item

Item no

630

Title

Laus Deo House

Description

A lamp sits over the doorway of a house with "Laus Deo" written on it on the High Street, Edinburgh. A woman and child are standing looking at a horse who wears blinkers and a bridle and is pulling a cart. A man with a hat and an axe is sitting on the cart. Two soldiers on horseback ride down the cobbled street whilst talking to each other. Washing hangs from some of the tenement windows.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1827

Size

26 x 18 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The building is dated 1591 and belonged to Mary of Guise. Laus Deo means "Praise be to God".

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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