Craig's Close

Category

Library Item

Item no

18859

Title

Craig's Close, Edinburgh

Description

A woman carrying a sack walks up some stairs in a narrow alley surrounded on either side by flats and tenements. Meanwhile, a man stands in the stone doorway of one of the buildings.

Artist / maker

Drummond, James

Date

1879

Size

37.9 x 27.2

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Print dated: June 1857.
Craig's Close originally ran from the north side of the High Street in Edinburgh down to Market Street. Its southern section was destroyed in an extension to City Chambers in the 1930's. Its northern section remains, running from Cockburn Street down to Market Street.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Arches

Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

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Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

People > Adults > Men

People > Adults > Women

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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