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The shore at Newhaven
Begbie, Thomas, 1887, Glass negative
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The shore at Newhaven
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11568
Title
The shore at Newhaven
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Two figures are on the stony beach at Newhaven, Edinburgh. One man stands looking out to sea whilst another crouches down with a fishing rod and bag. Seaweed makes patterns on the beach. Behind them a paved slope and set of steps leads up to houses. Granton Harbour can be seen in the distance.
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Begbie, Thomas
Date
1887
Size
8.3 x 17.1 cm
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Glass negative
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City Art Centre
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The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
Newhaven was founded by James IV in 1504 as a royal dockyard. It became an important fishing village, famous initially for oysters and later herring. An indoor fish market was built there in 1896. Newhaven fishwives, with their distinctive striped clothes, sold their goods around Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson famously photographed these fishwives and other Newhaven residents in the 1840's. The area now has a population of roughly five thousand.
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Newhaven
Whose Town? Florence Morham
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