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Edinburgh, Kirkgate, Liberton Churchyard. Detail from Stratton tomb, 1754
B 4296/14
Description Edinburgh, Kirkgate, Liberton Churchyard. Detail from Stratton tomb, 1754
Date 1990
Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
Catalogue Number B 4296/14
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 565277
Scope and Content Baluster-panel from the Stratton tablestone, Liberton Parish Churchyard, Kirkgate, Liberton, Edinburgh The old churchyard of Liberton Parish Church dates from the time of the old parish church which stood on the site until it was demolished in 1814. The churchyard, which surrounds the church on four sides, contains many interesting old headstones. This tablestone of William Stratton, who died in 1754, has an unusual carving on one of the broad supporting balusters. It shows the skeletal figure of Death holding a dart, and about to cut the weighted 'thread of life' which hangs above a seated figure. The skeleton frequently appears on 18th-century tombstones. When it is portrayed standing, with the weapons of Death, the dart, spear, scythe or lance, it is the personification of Death, the 'King of Terrors', an ever-present menace. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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