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Bowhead House
Rose, David T., 1942, Watercolour
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Title
Bowhead House
Artist / maker
Rose, David T.
Date
1942
Size
25.2 x 26.2 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.
Bowhead House stood at the junction of the West Bow and the Lawnmarket. This upper section of the West Bow was also known as the 'Bowhead' or 'Bowheid'. The house was demolished in the 1870's and rebuilt in a similar style a few years later.
David T. Rose must have painted this image from an earlier picture or photograph of Bowhead House. You can read more about the
history of Bowhead House on the Tales of One City blog
.
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