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Description: | Drinking fountain commemorating Sir William Collins and his services to the Temperance cause, comprising a pedestal of pink and grey granite supporting a bronze statue of a girl representing Temperance (gazing at a flower and holding an upturned pitcher), a bronze portrait medallion of Collins on its west face, a bronze inscription panel on its east face, and two lion mask water spouts on its north and south faces Additional Information: Sir William Collins (1817-1895). Born in Glasgow, the son of a publisher and temperance reformer, he was educated in Glasgow and entered his father's business as an apprentice at an early age. In 1848 he became a partner in the firm and continued to run the business on his own after his father's death, manufacturing stationary as well as publishing. The firm expanded greatly and he took on several partners, including his two sons in 1859. In 1868 he joined Glasgow City Council, was elected a magistrate in 1873 and served as Lord Provost from 1877-80, the first total abstainer to be elected to that office. He was knighted in 1880, and later served on the Glasgow School Board (1888-94). He died in Edinburgh and is buried in Glasgow's Necropolis. His firm survives as a major publishing house | Subjects: | Drinking Fountain | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Mossman, John G | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7837... | Go to resource |
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