Glasgow Meet November 8-9th

[apanderson]

Yes, I think he did.

Poll and I were deep in conversation about sculptors when we were wandering around the Necropolis last year, but I'd be lying if I said I remembered exactly who we discussed. 

Anne

P.S. Poll - it was my pleasure!! Anytime 

[Polldoll]

Hi Pancho Yes there are some stones in the  Necropolis that I found .. Didnt know about the City Chambers ones though ??

[pancho]

I was on a tour of the City Chambers Years ago and Im sure that name was mentioned

[RJ_Paton]

I was on a tour of the City Chambers Years ago and Im sure that name was mentioned

James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (1856-1938) was quite prolific in Glasgow and held in high esteem

Macgillivray also produced a number of monuments in Glasgow's cemeteries which feature bronze portrait and figurative reliefs.

These include the monuments in the Necropolis to Peter Stewart (1887); Alexander McCall (1888); Annie Greenhill (1889); Sir James Robertson (1889) and the Allan Family (1894-9, portrait relief lost).

In Cathcart cemetery, he produced the monument to Margaret and Annie Brown, with a double portrait relief of the girls (1888), and in Lambhill Cemetery, the monument to the architect James Sellars (1890, bronze relief lost).

As an architectural sculptor he produced figurative work for a number of important Glasgow buildings in the 1880s.

[Rev. James Shanks, Maryhill Parish Church, Glasgow, 1889 (lost)] These include, the City Chambers, for which he carved the spandrel figures in the loggia (1886); the former Anderson's Medical College, 56 Dumbarton Road, for which he executed a tympanum relief group depicting the 16th Century physician, Peter Lowe and his Students and a pair of winged figures (1888-90); and the statues of the Engineer and Shipwright on the former Fairfield's shipyard (1890).

In addition to those mentioned I have seen a work attributed to him in Glasgow Cathedral

[Polldoll]

Oh Thanks Falkyrn ... I have photos of some of his work  taken whilst on the Meet last year ... it seems that he was Sculptor to the King at some time too .This the one to the Allan family 

[prophetess]

That looks Fantastic poll, I have never  been to the Necropolis, only looked at it from the street and the windows of The Glasgow Royal Hospital,
ty for shareing it with us ,
Sybil

[apanderson]

Sybil - you HAVE to go to the Necropolis - it's fantastic.

If it's a good weekend - could a wee trip there be squeezed in?

Have you got an itinerary worked out yet? If so, sorry, I must have missed it, could you post it again please?

Anne

[prophetess]

We are Meeting at 10am at the transport museum an d taking it that , the art Gallieries and Huntairian Museum, dinner must be there no later than 6.30
Sunday for those who dont have to head home early we are going to take in the Botanic Gardens, thats what I have arranged to date, I guess it would depend on the time scale Ann
and I guess the weather, Although Dave said we will get 2 nice days 
Sybil

[daval57]

7C
Partly cloudy but sunshine most of the time.
20% chance of rain in the evening.