Linlithgow Palace

Category

Library Item

Item no

29127

Title

Linlithgow Palace

Artist / maker

Ross, Thomas

Date

1874

Size

38.5 x 26.1 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Art and Design Library

Thomas Ross was born at Wardheads, Errol, and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland.
In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to the latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications.

The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries and the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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