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Cowgate (Edinburgh, Scotland)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 55°56'55.9"N 3°11'17.6"W

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement for 30 subscribers to pay 100 [pounds] for a proposed church. [Edinburgh Cowgate], circa 1830

 Item
Identifier: MS CHA6/22/9
Dates: circa 1830
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / The Chalmers Collection / Section 6, Manuscript writings and papers / Church papers, Church of Scotland

[Cardinal Beaton's House], 1847

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/202(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Cardinal Beaton's House]. Line engraving. 1847. Wilson, Daniel, Sir, 1816-1892, Artist; Steuart, T., Engraver; Somerville, Daniel, Artist.

Published in: Daniel Wilson, Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time (1847), vol. II.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'Cardinal Beaton's House, foot of Black-friars Wynd, Cowgate, 1817. From a sketch by D. Somerville'. This state omits Wilson's name.

Dates: 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Cowgate, looking East, 22 December 1830

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/150
Scope and Contents

Cowgate, looking East. Line engraving. 22 December 1830. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

Published in: T. H. Shepherd, Modern Athens! (1829).

Note: Pencil annotation: 'where Lord Brougham's parents lived shortly before his birth'.

Dates: 22 December 1830
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[French ambassadors chapel, Cowgate], 1847

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/139
Scope and Contents

[French ambassadors chapel, Cowgate]. Line engraving. 1847. Wilson, Daniel, Sir, 1816-1892, Artist; Steuart, T., Engraver.

Published in: Daniel Wilson, Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time (1847), vol. II.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'French ambassadors chapel, Cowgate. Taken down 1829'. This state lacks Wilson's name.

Dates: 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Old Houses in the Cowgate, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/152
Scope and Contents

Old Houses in the Cowgate. Lithograph. Undated. Macculloch, Horatio, 1805-1867, Artist; Nimmo, R. H., Lithographer.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

South Bridge, 1 July 1818

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/206(i)
Scope and Contents

South Bridge. Line engraving. 1 July 1818. Storer, James, 1771-1853, Artist, Publisher; Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837, Engraver, Publisher; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Drawn, Engd. & Pubd. By J. & H. S. Storer, Chapel Street, Pentonville.

Published in: Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity (1820), vol. 2.

Dates: 1 July 1818
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh