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'Old Houses in Edinburgh' Drawings by Bruce J Home Published by
William J Hay |
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Published early-1900s 'The drawings: 'Old Houses in Edinburgh' were published in the early 1900s in two series, each having 9 parts with 3 drawings in each part, a total of 54 drawings. A brief comment about these drawings appeared in The Spectator in 1907, following the publication of the second series. There were a total of 54 drawings published. Here are 20 of them: Below are the contents for each of the 18 parts of 'Old Houses in Edinburgh', listing all 54 drawings that were published in the two series. |
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First Series |
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Contents of Part I - Introduction by Prof G Baldwin Brown - Sir Archibald Acheson's House - Lady Stair's House - Plainstane Close |
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Contents of Part II - Advocate's Close (from the upper end) - Back of Bakehouse Close (Upper Courtyard) - Kinloch's Close, High Street |
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Contents of Part III - Brown's Close, Canongate - Advocate's Close (from the lower end) - Back of Bakehouse Close (Lower Courtyard) |
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Contents of Part IV - Interior of Bakehouse Close (East Side) - Brown's Court, Canongate (looking South) - Front of Huntly House, Canongate |
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Contents of Part V - Huntly House, Canongate (Front View) - Huntly House, Canongate (Back View) - Back of Bakehouse Close (looking North) |
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Contents of Part VI - Brodie's Yard, Cowgate - Doorway of the Gordon House, Castlehill - Dewar's Close, Grassmarket |
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Contents of Part VII - Hope House, Cowgate - Campbell's Close, Cowgate - Back of Bakehouse Close (looking South) |
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Contents of Part VIII - Sir Archibald Acheson's House (looking S-E) - Baillie Fyfe's Close (looking South) - Baillie Fyfe's Close (looking North) |
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Contents of Part IX - Bakehouse Close (General View) - Bakehouse Close (from Acheson's House) - Baird's Close (from King's Stables Road) - Title Page and Contents of First Series |
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Second Series |
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Contents of Part X - Trunk Close from the South - Trunk Close from the North - John Knox's House from the rear |
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Contents of Part XI - Carruber's Close from the North - Carruber's Close from the South - Milne's Close ()West Side), Lawnmarket |
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Contents of Part XII - House of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney - Somerville's Land, Lawnmarket - Brodie's Court, Lawnmarket |
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Contents of Part XIII - Mine's Court, Lawnmarket - Site of St Mary of Placentia - St Cuthbert's Close, West Port |
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Contents of Part XIV - West Port from High Riggs - Baird's Close, looking North - Baird's Close, looking South |
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Contents of Part XV - Court at the Bow Foot - Site of St Mary of Placentia (second plate) - Morrison's Close |
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Contents of Part XVI - Court at Bow Foot, Grassmarket - Gladstone's Land, Lawnmarket - Chessels' Court, Canongate |
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Contents of Part XVII - Whitehouse Close, Canongate - Canongate Tolbooth - John Knox House, Netherbow |
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Contents of Part XVIII - Advocate's Close, High Street - Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket - Old Bow Head, Lawnmarket - Title-Page and Contents of Second Series |
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'Old Houses in Edinburgh' |
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