Stockbridge Market, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

8887

Title

Stockbridge Market, Edinburgh

Description

A light pencil drawing of the market at Stockbridge, Edinburgh. The shop in the foreground has chickens and rabbits hanging outside it from wrought iron brackets. The roof protrudes over the front of the shop providing a covered walkway.

Artist / maker

Diaz, Robert

Date

1892

Size

39.9 x 30.5 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Stockbridge Market was active between 1823 and 1906.

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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Business > Service industry > Markets

Business > Service industry > Shops

Places > Edinburgh areas > Stockbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′26″N, 3°12′30″W)

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