Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)

Category

Library Item

Item no

3072

Title

Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)

Description

A man is seated on a cart in Reid's Close, Edinburgh. On either side of the cobblestone road through the close is housing, one of the buildings has curved walls.

Artist / maker

Keith, Thomas

Date

1855

Size

19.6 x 26.9 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Roddy Simpson recently identified Reid's Close as a likely location for this print. His research was presented at the SSHoP seminar on the photography of Dr Thomas Keith, 24th November 2006.

The 'closes' of Edinburgh's Old Town are narrow passages branching off at right angles from the main streets. They provide access to the tenement buildings, and often to small shared courtyards. Many closes also act as shortcuts between Old Town's main streets.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Sitting

Transport > Infrastructure > Lanes

Transport > Land > Carts and wagons

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