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Howie's Rooftop Studio 

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Howie's rooftop studio  -  Detail from an Ebsworth engraving

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James Howie’s Rooftop Photographic Studio on Princes Street,1845

This is an enlargement of some of the detail in Ebsworth's engraving.  James Howie can be seen in the shadow of the chimney, taking a portrait of two sitters, on the rooftop of his studio – the corner building, at 45 Princes Street.

 

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