Castle Place leading to High Street in 1786

The building with the tower on the right is the Market Hall, where Dunnes now is (and Cornmarket). You can just about see ship masts where the Albert Clock would later be built.

At this time Donegall Place would have been residential homes – the epientre of town was still the site of the old castle where Primark is today, ie directly behind the aspect this painting is portraying.