Cramond Church, graveyard Detail of tombstone
ED 7136
Description Cramond Church, graveyard Detail of tombstone
Date 1900 to 1930
Collection Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh,
Catalogue Number ED 7136
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 560091
Scope and Content Gravestone commemorating George Wright, Cramond churchyard, Edinburgh This gravestone commemorates George Wright, a farmer, who died in 1741 aged 33. A particular favourite of Lothian farmers, the figures of the Sower (left) and the Reaper (right) flank the cartouche. Below the inscription are emblems of death and mortality, including the arrow-pierced heart, signifying life's end on earth. The figures of the Sower and the Reaper is a metaphor for the Biblical quotation 'What man sowing precious seed and going forth doth mourn' as well as being a graphic allusion to the farming life. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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