Village of Dean

Category

Library Item

Item no

9303

Title

Village of Dean

Description

Walking along a cobblestone road through the village of Dean in Edinburgh are a man and woman, the man carries a walking cane the woman a parasol. Another woman and a child walk past a grocer's shop towards the couple. The houses on either side of the road have pantile roofs.

Artist / maker

Diaz, Robert

Date

1885

Size

27.5 x 31.6 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Dean Village is a riverside community in the west of Edinburgh, roughly half a mile from the West End of Princes Street. It has a long history as a grain milling hamlet stretching back at least as far as the early 12th century. The increasing strength of the Leith flour mills in the 19th century led to a period of economic decline in the village, but it is now an affluent and desirable place to live. Despite its close proximity to the centre of Edinburgh, Dean Village retains a quiet atmosphere in keeping with its rural heritage.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Dean

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Walking

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