Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel

Category

Library Item

Item no

1899

Title

Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel

Description

Edinburgh Castle with half-moon battery is the background for the busy street scene in the Grassmarket below the Castle. On either side of a road are houses and shops. One of the shopfronts has trousers and jackets on display in its window. Men and women carry sacks and others baskets on their backs. Carts with bales on them are beside a street lamp. A horse-drawn cart is being lead by a man. On the road beside them are the tracks from other carts.

Artist / maker

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

Engraver

Redaway, J.

Date

1829

Size

12.3 x 15.9 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh Castle is perhaps the city's most famous landmark. It stands on top of the remaining core of an extinct volcano. Excavations suggest the site was inhabited by Bronze Age man as early as 900 BC, and was fortified by Iron Age man roughly 2000 years ago. The oldest part of the present day Castle is St Margaret's Chapel, built in the early 12th century. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.

The Vennel is a narrow street in Edinburgh leading from West Port near the Grassmarket to Heriot Place near George Heriot's School. 'Vennel' is a Scots word meaning 'steep lane'.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

People > Commercial activities > Street traders

People > Transportation > Pedestrians

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

Transport > Land > Horse and riders

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