Back Stairs

Category

Library Item

Item no

599

Title

Back Stairs

Description

A close with stairs leading upwards towards the entrance and the street beyond. An arched entrance way is above the steps. People are climbing the steps. There is a handrail on the wall beside the stairs. A man and a woman stand beside a door at the bottom of the steps.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1818

Size

26 x 19 cm.

Type

Watercolour

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.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Steps

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