West Bow from the Lawnmarket

Category

Library Item

Item no

8031

Title

West Bow from the Lawnmarket

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Date

1825

Size

22 x 32.4 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh's West Bow was a zig-zagging street which led up from the Grassmarket to the top of the Lawnmarket. The street was interrupted by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace between 1829-34. Its lower section joining the Grassmarket remains, and the line of the old street can be followed via a staircase to the Upper Bow. Traffic now follows Victoria Street from the West Bow up to George IV Bridge.

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