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John Knox House
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Moubray House
Royal Mile, Edinburgh
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When might this photo have been taken?
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Tom Yanul, Oak
Lawn, Illinois, USA
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John
Knox House and Moubray
House
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Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Thanks
to Tom Yanul for allowing me to reproduce this photograph of:
- John Knox House (the house in the centre
of this photo that juts out into the Royal Mile)
and
- Moubray House (the house immediately to
the left of John Knox House). |
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Question |
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Date of the Photo?
I
believe this photo may date from the mid- to late-C19. The movement
captured in the figures suggests that this was a fairly long
time-exposure.
The
wording on the roof of Moubray House, and the wording on the frontage of
the house ('Knox Temperance Hotel') may be helpful in dating the
photo.
If you
can suggest a date,
please email me.
Thank you. - Peter Stubbs:
April 7, 2008. |
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Answer |
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Thank you to Dr Alfred Grandl, Germany who wrote: |
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After 1858
"The photo must have been shot
after 1858 surely, since an old travel report of those days says, that in
summer 1858 there was still a puppet at the corner of the Knox House
featuring the preacher himself.
Some
of the engravings of John Knox House on the EdinPhoto web site show this
puppet." |
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Perhaps 1880s or later
"On the photo below, you can see
a later relief figure, in rather poor condition. So I think this
photo would have been shot at least 20 or 30 years after 1858."
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Dr Alfred Grandl, Germany: April 15, 2008 |
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