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Watson's Hospital
Unknown, 1753, Engraving
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Watson's Hospital
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Watson's Hospital
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Front elevation view of the original George Watson's Hospital building. Above the central entrance section of the building is a domed roof topped with a ship weather vane.
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Unknown
Engraver
Fourdrinier, P.
Date
1753
Size
16 x 31.2 cm
Type
Engraving
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
George Watson's College, formerly George Watson's Hospital, was founded in 1741. It was originally situated opposite George Heriot's Hospital, now George Heriot's School, on Lauriston Place. It moved a short way to the west to the Merchant Maiden Hospital building when its original site was taken over by the Royal Infirmary in 1879. The school moved again in 1932 to its current site on Colinton Road.
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