George Meikle Kemp, Architect, Scott Monument

Category

Library Item

Item no

4096

Title

George Meikle Kemp, architect, Scott Monument

Description

A man is standing, leaning on a carved stone. He is wearing a coat, a waistcoat, trousers and a necktie.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1844

Size

19.8 x 14.2 cm

Type

Salted paper print

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

George Meikle Kemp, born in 1795, was a self-taught architect architect and draughtsman. Born into a shepherding family he worked in Glasgow and London and travelled in France and Belgium before settling in Edinburgh where he worked as an architect's draughtsman. He won the competition to design a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, but drowned in the Union Canal in March 1844 before the completion of his work. This piece must therefore be amongst Hill and Adamson's earlier works, and have been taken not long before the subject's death.

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Neckties

Clothing and dress > Garments > Coats

Clothing and dress > Garments > Trousers

Clothing and dress > Garments > Waistcoats

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