General view of the College Wynd

Category

Library Item

Item no

6856

Title

General view of the College Wynd

Description

A view down a narrow wynd in Edinburgh. There are tall buildings on either side of the narrow street, and a wooden gate at the end. Pieces of stone and rubble lie in the street.

Artist / maker

Burns, Archibald

Date

1870

Size

24.1 x 18.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Number 18 on the location map.

The accompanying text in the volume reads:
"18. General view of the College Wynd from a point near its upper end. The Wynd was the main approach to the Old College of Edinburgh which was entered by a gateway surmounted by a lofty tower opposite the head of the wynd. Oliver Goldsmith is believed to have lodged in the wynd when he was a student at Edinburgh University about 1750."

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Architecture > Architectural features > Gates

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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