Cramond Church, graveyard Detail of tombstone
SC 560091
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 SC 560091
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 7136
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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