Stockbridge from the west

Category

Library Item

Item no

8874

Title

Stockbridge from the west looking towards Hamilton Place

Description

The Water of Leith wends its way through Stockbridge, Edinburgh. A stone bridge crosses over the river and to the right of it stand tenement buildings and shops. A church spire can be seen in the distance.

Artist / maker

Rose, David T.

Date

1942

Size

28.6 x 38.8 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

David Thomas Rose was born in the Scottish Borders and brought up in Nairn.
His first job took him to Glasgow in 1896 where he studied in night classes in Glasgow Academy of Art.
Family summer holidays were mostly taken in Scotland. His sister became a eminent obstetrician, working in Edinburgh and the Roses would often stay with her in Joppa or with other family in Fife. While there in 1933 Rose sketched prolifically, especially in the Dean Village and Leith Docks.

Originally a separate village, Stockbridge is now a largely residential area situated a mile north of Edinburgh Castle. The village developed substantially between about 1813, when the famous painter Sir Henry Raeburn began to feu his land in the area for development, and about 1850. Much of this development was conducted by the architect James Milne. With its proximity to the Water of Leith and its interesting and diverse architecture, Stockbridge is considered an attractive and popular place to live, shop and socialise.

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