Duncan's Land, Gloucester Street
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Duncan's Land, Gloucester Street
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 8 Jul 2009
A merchant's house built about 1790 from the stones of demolished buildings in the Old Town. It was the birthplace of the artist, David Roberts (1796-1864), who worked as a scene painter at Edinburgh's Theatre Royal and London's Covent Garden. In 1830, he was appointed President of the Society of British Artists. During the following decade he toured the Far East, producing a celebrated series of paintings of Egyptian scenes and antiquities. He was a Commissioner of the Great Exhibition of Industry and Arts in 1851. The building was restored in 1974 and is now a restaurant.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.957236
Longitude
-3.207436