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Head of West Bow
Begbie, Thomas, 1857, Photograph
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Item no
18447
Title
Head of West Bow
Artist / maker
Begbie, Thomas
Date
1857
Size
17.4 x 14.9 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
City Art Centre
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The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
Original caption: The Old Bowhead House and Major Weir's Land at the top of the West Bow forming the corner with the Lawnmarket (demolished).
Edinburgh's West Bow was zig-zagging street which led up from the Grassmarket to the top of the Lawnmarket. The street was interrupted by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace between 1829-34. Its lower section joining the Grassmarket remains, and the line of the old street can be followed via a staircase to the Upper Bow. Traffic now follows Victoria Street from the West Bow up to George IV Bridge.
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