Ceiling in Regent Murray's House, Canongate

Category

Library Item

Item no

1049

Title

Ceiling in Regent Murray's House, Canongate

Description

A vaulted ceiling in Regent Murray's house, Edinburgh. It is decorated with ornate plasterwork depicting thistles, fleur de lis, angels, flowers and figures.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1827

Size

18 x 26 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Moray House is located on the Canongate in Edinburgh. It was built around 1625 for the Dowager Countess of Home. It was named after her daughter Margaret Countess of Moray who inherited it in 1643. During the 1640's it played host to both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. The Marquis of Montrose passed by the house on the way to his execution in 1650, and was taunted from the balcony by the Marquis of Argyll and others who had gathered there for his son's wedding. In 1661, following the restoration, the Marquis of Argyll was to pass by the same spot on the way to his own execution on the 'Maiden' (Edinburgh's guillotine).

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Architecture > Architectural features > Ceilings

Furnishings > Ornamentation > Decorations

Homes > Residential buildings > Mansions

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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