Temporary decorations for a visit by Prime Minister Gladstone to Edinburgh University

People:

Robert Shillinglaw (role unspecified)

Title:

Temporary decorations for a visit by Prime Minister Gladstone to Edinburgh University

Date:

December 1882

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Technique and media:

Graphite, watercolour (red, brown, green, yellow,blue), and gouache

Dimensions:

Sheet: 40.3 x 27.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0053 R/V

Inscription:

inscribed - The 20 compartments of side & endwalls to be filled/each with a wreathed circle & star with the name ofa/leading Liberal Statesman/ The tops of pillars to have each a shield offlags/with the name of some Liberal measure passed during/Mr. Gladstonesparliamentary career (lower left to right, black ink), 5 ft. 3 in./circle &/rays (centre right, graphite), 20 North Pitt Street/Edin.r Dec.r 1882 (lowerright, black ink) RS. (centre right below a columns, black ink)

Location:

Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom;

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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