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Description: | View of drawing room ceiling showing decorative plaster mouldings. Believed to be the work of Alexander White who was popular in Scotland around 1620 to 1630.Features include the St. Andrew's Cross, the thistle, fleur de lys, rose, crown and sceptre, lion rampant and the Motto "NOBIS HAEC INVICTA MISERUNT 108 PROAVI" which roughly translated means "TO US 108 ANCESTERS HAVE SENT THESE UNCONQUERED THINGS."The ceiling also has two medallions - a crowned head with "DAVID REX" and hands holding a harp - another head wearing a feathered hat with ALEXANDER written within the circle. Both David and Alexander were 12th Century Scottish Kings. | Format: | Slide | License: | http://www.stickii.co.uk/umis/termsandconditions.html#heriot-watt-rights | Publisher: | Heriot-Watt University Archive, Records Management and Museum Service, Edinburgh Campus | Rights holder: | 46182 | Subjects: | Stuart period Plasterwork Country houses Ceilings Decorative features | Temporal: | n.d. | Source: | Heriot-Watt University | Identifier: | CHS/3/1/4 | Format: | Slide |
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