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Advocate's Close, High Street
Burns, Archibald, 1868, Photograph
Advocate's Close, High Street
Advocate's Close, High Street
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9533
Title
Advocate's Close, High Street
Description
A narrow close in Edinburgh's Old Town with tall tenement buildings on either side. Light can be seen at the end of the close where the alleyway meets the main street. Streetlamps are attached to the walls of the building, and many doors and windows open onto the close.
Artist / maker
Burns, Archibald
Date
1868
Size
10.8 x 8.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Gavin MacDougall, Director of Luath Press -
"An image that captures the atmosphere of Edinburgh's Old Town, you can almost hear someone shouting gardeloo!" Gavin MacDougall.
Advocate's Close runs steeply downhill from the High Street in Edinburgh, opposite St Giles Kirk, to Cockburn Street. It takes its name from Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate of Scotland between 1692-1709, and 1711-1713, who was resident here. It had also been home to his father Sir James Stewart of Coltness, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Advocate's Close lost its lower section in the construction of Cockburn Street, and its west side was demolished in the 1880's. Despite this it remains one of the prettiest closes in Edinburgh's Old Town.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
Edinburgh Past and Present
Picturesque 'Bits' by Archibald Burns
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