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Description: | inscr. on tablet "TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN VEITCH M.A. LL.D / PROFESSOR OF LOGIC RETHORIC AND METAPHYSICS / IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS 1860-1864/ PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RETHORIC / IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW 1864-1894 / BORN AT PEEBLES OCT. 24TH 1829. DIED THERE SEP. 3RD 2894/ THROUGH MYSTERY TO MYSTERY AND FROM GOD TO GOD" CRE SCOTT, John Oldrid (Scottish; 1841-1913) This is a head and shoulder portrait in three-quarter profile in a circular recess decorated with polychrome mosaic. The surrounding tablet is in the early Italian renaissance style. It was commissioned by the University to hang at the foot of the south staircase leading to Randolph Hall. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCULPTURE : MEMORIAL : PROFESSOR : MOSAIC : GLASGOW UNIVERSITY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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