Monument of Lord Caithness

Category

Library Item

Item no

698

Title

Monument of Lord Caithness as it stood in the Old Kirk of St.Giles, taken down 1826.

Description

A monument in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, consists of an alcove set into a wall with a carved stonework gothic arch above. A chair and table lie to its right and there are two people, one standing and a woman sitting, to the left by a door. Outside the doorway there is a statue of a horse and rider.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1827

Size

22 x 28 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Inscription on the bottom of the drawing reads:
"Monument of Lord Caithness as it stood in the Old Kirk of St.Giles, taken down 1826".

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

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