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Cowgate, Edinburgh

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1840

Artist

William Collingwood (1819-1903)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on grey paper
23.8 by 18 cm, 9' by 7 inches

Cowgate in Edinburgh derives its name from that fact cows were herded down it on Edinburgh's market days. At the time of this drawing, in 1840, Cowgate was a poor overcrowded slum area, accommodating a large proportion of the city's Irish community.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Buildings & Architecture

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