Sujet
Monument of the Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Monument of the Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., 1874. The memorial tablet...in the lobby of St. John's Free Church, Edinburgh, has been arranged as a mural monument. Above a plinth...rises a Gothic design of plain but elegant outline, inclosing a panel, from which the head and shoulders...stand out in high relief. From the apex...droop branches of palm and olive, while the mouldings surrounding the panel are enriched with a band of forget-me-nots. In reproducing the well-remembered head of the champion of ragged schools, Mr. Brodie, the sculptor, had before him, in addition to recent photographs, a fine bust executed by his own hand some ten or twelve years ago, and exhibited at the time in the Royal Scottish Academy. Admirable as that bust was, Mr. Brodie has fully equalled, if not excelled, the likeness in his present work. The characteristic expression of the man - his air of mild benignity and buoyant enthusiasm - is cleverly caught; nor has the artist omitted, by the adjustment - or rather want of adjustment - of the clerical bands and necktie, to suggest Dr. Guthrie's easy carelessness of gait and habit. The work, executed in white marble, forms a worthy memorial of one whose name Edinburgh and Scotland will long continue to cherish'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A33_100
Model release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
11,0Mo (620,9Ko) / 14,1cm x 19,5cm / 1669 x 2307 (300dpi)