1886 · Lawnmarket, Old Town
Head of the West Bow, Lawnmarket – 1886
Lawnmarket, Old Town
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A detailed 1886 engraving of the Head of the West Bow at Edinburgh’s Lawnmarket, reproduced from a genuine antique print in the Colin Myers Collection.
The story behind the view
A record of Edinburgh
Published in 1886, this detailed view captures the head of Edinburgh’s West Bow at the Lawnmarket, where tightly packed buildings rise above a lively street scene. Traders, carts and pedestrians bring the old quarter to life, preserving a vivid glimpse of a part of the city that has since changed with this old building now gone. Preserved here, forever though.