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A view of west entrance to St Giles burying ground
Unknown, 1795, Pen work
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A view of west entrance to St Giles burying ground
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Title
A view of west entrance to St Giles burying ground
Description
Sketch depicting the elaborate gateway leading to the burial ground of St. Giles Cathedral. A small lintel notes the date 1620, above a series of carved stone plinths and such constuctions.
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Unknown
Date
1795
Size
21 x 33.2 cm
Type
Pen work
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Full title reads 'A view of the entrance to St Giles burying ground situated on the east side of Forresters Wynd taken on the spot while pulling down in Autumn 1795 occasioned by a very great fire 12th [word illegible] 1786 in the close [?] named [word illegible] of Beith's Wynd [word illegible] on the [word illegible] side of the wynd about 250 feet from the northern channel of Cowgate [?] Street South.
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