Morocco Land, Canongate

Category

Library Item

Item no

8

Title

Morocco Land, Canongate

Description

Amongst the tenement housing are various shops including Black's Dairy, James Hay McDonald Bootmaker and a shop selling tea and wine. A flower stall has been set up on the pavement and a fishwife sells fish from her basket. Canongate Parochial Rooms are advertised.

Artist / maker

Smith, Jane Stewart

Date

1868

Size

25 x 34.6 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

People > Commercial activities > Street traders

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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