Skip to content

"Ye Mercate" Cross, Edinburgh

Valentine, James, 1905, Photograph, Postcard
"Ye Mercate" Cross, Edinburgh
"Ye Mercate" Cross, Edinburgh
Share
Category
Library Item
Item no
2878
Title
"Ye Mercate" Cross, Edinburgh
Description
The City Chambers and Mercat Cross on the High Street Edinburgh. The Mercat Cross has a unicorn sculpture at the top of a column. It has heraldic symbols carved into the stonework. Children sit beside the Cross. Shops have canopies over their windows.
Artist / maker
Date
1905
Size
13.3 x 8 cm
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection