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Archibald Burns
'Timber Fronted House, Cowgate', Edinburgh
n.d.
Albumen print
10.50 x 8.10 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Gift of Mrs Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985, Accession number: PGP R 188
LL/85871
Curatorial description (Accessed: 29 November 2018)
This photograph was featured in the book ‘Picturesque “bits” from Old Edinburgh’, published in 1868. It comprises several photographs by Burns alongside descriptive and historical texts by Thomas Henderson. This work highlights the typical living conditions of Edinburgh’s old town at this time – with overcrowding and poor sanitation prevalent. The scene was chosen, according to Henderson, “to show the earliest form of timber-fronted houses”. Despite acting as a documentary record, this photograph also displays a beautiful and almost mystical quality. The ghostly apparitions of figures at windows and walking along the Cowgate, creates a sense of foreboding which anticipates the demolition of these buildings following the 1871 Act of Improvement.
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Archibald Burns, , "'Timber Fronted House, Cowgate', Edinburgh", Albumen print, 10.50 x 8.10 cm, National Galleries of Scotland, Gift of Mrs Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985, Accession number: PGP R 188, LL/85871
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