Morrison's Close, High Street

Category

Library Item

Item no

6993

Title

Morrison's Close, High Street, Edinburgh

Description

View up a narrow alley way towards a covered walkway and high blocks of flats and tenements. High walls line either side of the alleyway, where stacks of wood lean against the stone.

Artist / maker

Home, Bruce James

Date

1905

Size

30.2 x 20.9 cm

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Reproduction of a drawing by Bruce J Home. Second Series. Date on drawing [1902?]. Named after John Morrison, who was a merchant and owned a property on the close in the mid 18th century, this close is not open to the public.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Transport > Infrastructure > Walkways

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