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A street coffee house, Edinburgh

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017 | All Rights Reserved

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Date

18th century

Artist

Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/914503

Description

A pen and ink and watercolour drawing of five male figures seated around a booth. A man walking away on the left. Inscribed below on the modern mount, probably copied from an earlier one 'A street coffee house Edinburgh'.
During his period working for the Military Survey of Scotland 1747-52, Sandby made many observational drawings of street scenes around Edinburgh.

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All Rights Reserved

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Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Edinburgh, Scotland

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People & Society

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