House of Adam Bothwell

Category

Library Item

Item no

6989

Title

House of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney

Description

A sketch of an narrow Old Town Edinburgh close. The alley runs along a high wall, beyond which stand a number of flats, tenements and houses. A rounded turret-like structure is prominent next to the close, with highly decorated windows at the top floor.

Artist / maker

Home, Bruce James

Date

1905

Size

30.4 x 22.9 cm

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Second Series. Reproduction of a drawing by Bruce J Home. Date on drawing 1900. Bruce J Home was a topographical artist who lived from 1830 to 1912. He was apprenticed to an Edinburgh lithographer and became curator of the Outlook Tower and the first curator of the Edinburgh Municipal Museum.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Architecture > Architectural features > Walls

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Transport > Infrastructure > Streets

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