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George IV Bridge at junction with Candlemaker Row
Rose, David T., 1920, Watercolour
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George IV Bridge at junction with Candlemaker Row
George IV Bridge at junction with Candlemaker Row
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Title
George IV Bridge at junction with Candlemaker Row
Description
A view from the top of Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh showing lots of people walking past the junction. Several have stopped at the railed fence to look down on the street below. In both directions there are brightly coloured shop fronts at the bottom of the tenement buildings. In the centre of the picture on the horizon is the tall steeple of the former Tolbooth Church.
Artist / maker
Rose, David T.
Date
1920
Size
37.5 x 27.3 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.
George IV Bridge was designed by Thomas Hamilton. It was constructed in 1829-34 to improve access to Edinburgh's Old Town from the rapidly developing Southside. This elevated street runs from the junction of Candlemaker Row and Chambers Street to the Lawnmarket, passing over the Cowgate and Merchant Street. The National Library of Scotland and the Central Public Library stand almost directly opposite each other roughly half way along the street. A memorial statue to Greyfriars' Bobby stands at the south end of the bridge at the junction with Candlemaker Row.
Candlemaker Row runs from the corner of Forrest Road, outside the National Museum of Scotland, down to the Grassmarket. It travels along the east side of Greyfriars Kirkyard.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
The Topography of Hills and Valleys
ReDrawing Edinburgh: Edinburgh in 1920
David T. Rose's pictures of Edinburgh
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