Fisher's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2528

Title

Fisher's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Description

Bollards block the way into Fisher's Close in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Tall tenements surround the close on each side. Washing dries from a window and a lamp is attached to one of the walls. Shop signs decorate the walls around the entranceway.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Size

20.2 x 10.9 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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.

Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.

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Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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