Head of the West Bow

Category

Library Item

Item no

2920

Title

Head of the West Bow

Description

The head of the West Bow in Edinburgh. Multi level housing and tenement buildings are on either side of a road. To one side is a yard which has people standing at the entrance. In an area to the fore there is a cart wheel.

Artist / maker

Stewart, Neil

Date

1900

Size

19.9 x 26.4 cm

Type

Wash drawing

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh's West Bow was 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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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh