Another shop front which figures prominently in the Painting is that of ‘Auld Goldsmith’ In the northwest corner of the Square adjoining that of ‘Reid Watchmaker’. This shop was almost certainly that of George and William Auld, the only goldsmiths of that name recorded in Scotlands Families and the Edinburgh Goldsmiths[11]. No relationship has been found between this William Auld and the printer of the same name whose son, also William, became Reid’s apprentice watchmaker and later partner in the adjoining shop.
