Back of Regent Murray's [Moray's] House, Canongate.

Category

Library Item

Item no

770

Title

Back of Regent Murray's [Moray's] House, Canongate.

Description

The back of Regent Murray's House (Moray House), Edinburgh looks on to a large garden planted with trees, beneath which two people are sitting on a bench. The building has large windows, some surmounted with pediments or an inscription, a turret and a finely carved lintel over a door, located next to some stairs.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1827

Size

16 x 23 cm.

Type

Wash drawing

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Moray House is located on the Canongate in Edinburgh. It was built around 1625 for the Dowager Countess of Home. It was named after her daughter Margaret Countess of Moray who inherited it in 1643. During the 1640's it played host to both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. The Marquis of Montrose passed by the house on the way to his execution in 1650, and was taunted from the balcony by the Marquis of Argyll and others who had gathered there for his son's wedding. In 1661, following the restoration, the Marquis of Argyll was to pass by the same spot on the way to his own execution on the 'Maiden' (Edinburgh's guillotine).

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Homes > Residential buildings > Mansions

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

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