Description
Signed, watercolour heightened with white
Dimensions
47cm x 73cm (18.5in x 28.75in)
Footnote
Provenance:Mrs B.B Spencer
Exhibited:Richard Green, London , An Exhibition of Victorian and Romantic Paintings 1995, no.24
Note:The present watercolour of the Royal Mile encompasses the four streets that make up this famous area of Edinburgh, Castle Hill, Lawn Market, High Street and Canongate, forming the passage from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. This particular scene looks towards the Castle with St. Giles Cathedral and Tron Kirk to the left, and John Knox's house on the right - an area known as the Old Town.