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A view of the magnificent Edinburgh Castle, as seen from The Vennel in the Grassmarket.
The Vennel, apart from offering one of the finest views in Edinburgh has a surprising amount of history surrounding it’s steps. Alongside you will find the 16th century built Flodden Wall, as well as remains of the Telfer wall. Also you will find a plaque commemorating one of Edinburgh’s heroes, Bessie Watson, who lived there in the Vennel. The Vennel steps have actually been renamed “Miss Jean Brodie Steps”, as the author lived nearby, and the steps featured heavily in the film. Thats nice, but I can’t help feeling the Bessie Watson steps would have been more appropriate.
Essential Edinburgh is a series of prints depicting the enchanting loveliness of the historical Scottish city where diedododa was born and lives in blissful happiness.
Warm honey-stone, dusty sage green, soft terracotta, faded denim sky, and pools of inky black line-work – these are the colours this print carries into a room, and together they read as distinctly warm-toned with cool accents held lightly in the sky and foliage. For walls, the warm amber undertone that runs through all that Edinburgh sandstone makes this print sing against a deep olive or muted sage, where the green of the trees and the stone tones create an analogous, settled harmony. Equally, a cool off-white with a barely-there grey undertone lets the terracotta and honeyed ochre step forward without competition, while a rich charcoal wall draws out the confident ink-work and grounds the composition with handsome contrast. This is a print that suits a study, a hallway, or a sitting room – the narrow Vennel glimpsed between old stone walls has exactly the kind of quiet drama that rewards a space where you pause and look. In terms of style, it fits naturally into a traditional townhouse interior, an Arts and Crafts-influenced scheme, a contemporary heritage aesthetic, and the warmer end of Scandi-influenced design. Part of the Essential Edinburgh collection – art of the places we adore, made for anyone who’s left a piece of heart in the city – it pairs with other prints from the collection for a gallery wall that builds into a portrait of Edinburgh street by street. A thoughtful gift for an Edinburgh-lover, a homecoming present, or a memory of a city visit kept on a wall.
The print is produced with archival pigment inks on Enhanced Matte art paper, a smooth gallery-grade stock with a soft, glare-free surface that sits comfortably behind glass without reflection and earns it museum-grade standing for home display. That matte finish is equally at home in a slim oak or black metal frame as it is behind an ornate plaster moulding, which gives you real flexibility depending on your room. At A4 the print works well propped on a shelf or slotted into a gallery wall alongside other Essential Edinburgh pieces; A3 and A2 hold their own as a single focused piece above a desk or beside a staircase; A1 brings real presence to a wide chimney breast or a generous hallway wall; and at A0 it anchors a room in the way only a large, confident artwork can. This print is also available as a 28×40 inch (70×100 cm) canvas, ready to hang with no frame needed.
