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Statue of Atlas (no.15 on plan), view from West. Digital image of D 59557 CN.

SC 757587

Description Statue of Atlas (no.15 on plan), view from West. Digital image of D 59557 CN.

Date 1/4/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 757587

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 59557 CN

Scope and Content Statue from west, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows a large white marble statue on a high plinth which dates from the late 18th/early 19th century, and stands in the castle's formal gardens. The sculpture depicts a man wearing Classical-style robes and sandals, and holding a flaming torch. He sits upon a large globe, and may represent the Greek sun god Apollo. Classical statuary within gardens and inside the homes of the wealthy indicated that the host was educated and had taste and style. Young men on the 'Grand Tour' of Europe would bring back souvenirs of their travels in the form of statues, jewellery and sculpture in the Classical style. Drummond Castle was built c.1490, but the complex of buildings visible today consist of a gatehouse which was added in 1630-6 by architect John Mylne III (1611-67) and an L-plan mansion built for the 4th Earl of Perth in 1689. The mansion was extended in the 18th or early 19th century, and remodelled in Baronial style into its present form by architect G T Ewing in 1878 and 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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