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Lamplighter, Victoria Terrace
Malcolm, George, 1928, Photograph
Lamplighter, Victoria Terrace
Lamplighter, Victoria Terrace
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7955
Title
Lamplighter, Victoria Terrace
Description
Through an archway a man reaches up to light a streetlamp in Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh. It is dark and the pavements are wet, the light from the lamps reflects off the paving stones. He wears a long coat and a cap. The street has many arched doorways and windows.
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Malcolm, George
Date
1928
Size
28.1 x 21.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Despite living in the New Town, Stevenson was well acquainted with the shabby charm of Edinburgh's Old Town. The author was known to frequent some of the less respectable establishments in this area, especially during his bohemian university days. This image reflects the tenements, dark closes and narrow wynds characteristic of the Old Town at this time.
Victoria Street and Terrace were constructed between 1829 and 1834 to link the Grassmarket to George IV Bridge, also built at this time. The street cut through the pre-existing West Bow, joining its lower section for the final descent to the Grassmarket and blocking through traffic to its upper section leading to the Lawnmarket.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Edinburgh Photographic Society
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