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Leith Street, Edinburgh
Rose, David T., 1937, Watercolour
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Leith Street, Edinburgh
Leith Street, Edinburgh
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Item no
5148
Title
Leith Street, Edinburgh
Description
An image of the shops and businesses that made up Leith Street, Edinburgh. The circular building on the corner has "Mills Hotel" written on it above a bag shop. Steps lead down from this to a lower row of shops including hairdressers with a barber's pole above it. On the other side of the street the shops at street level have a terrace built on top of them with a railing running round the edge. At the top of the street the clock towers of Register House and the Balmoral Hotel can be seen.
Artist / maker
Rose, David T.
Date
1937
Size
28.4 x 22.5 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
David Thomas Rose was born in the Scottish Borders and brought up in Nairn.
His first job took him to Glasgow in 1896 where he studied in night classes in Glasgow Academy of Art.
Family summer holidays were mostly taken in Scotland. His sister became a eminent obstetrician, working in Edinburgh and the Roses would often stay with her in Joppa or with other family in Fife. While there in 1933 Rose sketched prolifically, especially in the Dean Village and Leith Docks.
Item is dated 14th May 1937.
Leith Street is a short street in Edinburgh which runs downhill from the east end of Princes Street towards Leith.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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David T. Rose's pictures of Edinburgh
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