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View in the Watergate, Edinburgh
Begbie, Thomas, 1887, Glass negative
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View in the Watergate, Edinburgh
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Item no
11542
Title
View in the Watergate, Edinburgh
Description
A double image of houses with steep roofs and crow-step gables in the Watergate, Edinburgh. The houses have small windows and doorways and a streetlamp is attached to the corner. two pwople stand outside a shop or business on the left. Taller tenements are visible behind.
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Begbie, Thomas
Date
1887
Size
8.3 x 17.1 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
City Art Centre
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The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
The Watergate was an arched gateway into the Canongate. Standing immediately to the north of Abbey Strand in front of Holyroodhouse it was the principle entrance to the Canongate from the east. It was not a fortified gate, but provided a degree of security and was used for the collection of customs. Its name stems either from the Tummel Burn which crossed the road at this point, or from a large pond nearby used for watering horses. The gate was blown down in the 1820's, and the replacement did not survive beyond the mid 1900's.
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