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Skinners Close
Channing, William, 1850, Pencil work
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Skinners Close
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Title
Skinners Close
Description
The view shows the frontage of a section of tenement buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The houses have many small windows and wooden panelling. There is a row of peaked dormer windows at rooftop level. Several of the flats have washing strung outside their windows to dry.
Artist / maker
Channing, William
Date
1850
Size
24.5 x 16.9 cm
Type
Pencil work
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Skinners Close was situated on the South side of the High Street between Blackfriars Street and South Grays Close. The timber fronted houses as shown in the view extended down the entire West side of the Close. Demolished under the Improvement Act of 1866.
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Wm. Channing's sketches in Edinburgh (3)
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Laundry
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