Upper part of College Wynd

Category

Library Item

Item no

6854

Title

Upper part of College Wynd

Description

A view up a narrow wynd in Edinburgh. There are tall buildings on either side of the narrow street, in the foreground is a stone wall with a section of metal railings. Many of the windows in the buildings are open and have broken panes of glass. There are rubble and pieces of stone lying in the street.

Artist / maker

Burns, Archibald

Date

1870

Size

24 x 18.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Number 16 on the location map.

The accompanying text in the volume reads:
"16. Upper part of the College Wynd. The University in the distance."

College Wynd in Edinburgh's Old Town was originally known as the Wynd the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Field. It led up from the Cowgate to Kirk o' Field, where Edinburgh University's Old College now stands. The Wynd was the birthplace of Sir Walter Scott. Most of the Wynd was destroyed during city improvements in the late 19th Century.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Architecture > Architectural features > Walls

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh