View of statue of boy by John Cheere 1742. Originally part of group of boys with a basket of flowers and festoons. Blair Castle, walled garden.
SC 767218
Description View of statue of boy by John Cheere 1742. Originally part of group of boys with a basket of flowers and festoons. Blair Castle, walled garden.
Date 1973
Catalogue Number SC 767218
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of PT 4407
Scope and Content Statue of a boy, Garden and Terrace, Blair Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows a lead statue of a boy, made by sculptor John Cheere (1709-87) in 1758. He is shown with his arm outstretched and holding a flower or fruit. His other arm has become detached and is laid at the base of the piece. John Cheere had a shop in London with a yard filled with lead, hardened plaster and marble statuary from which clients like James, 2nd Duke of Atholl could choose such sculptures as: 'Bustos of Poets', 'Ye four Seasons', 'two dogs in metal painted like life' or a 'Hay makeing Man'. Many of these survive today in the castle gardens. Blair Castle, the seat of the Dukes of Atholl, was begun in 1269, extended in the 15th and 16th centuries, and remodelled to resemble a Georgian mansion by architect James Winter in the mid-1700s. The south-east wing was built in 1743-5, and rebuilt to include a clock tower to designs by architect Archibald Elliot in 1814 after a fire. The castle was 're-baronialised' to designs by architect David Bryce in 1869-71, who also designed the ballroom (1826-7). It was modified again in 1886 (J C Walker), 1904-5 (J McIntyre Henry) and 1920-1 (Sir Robert Lorimer). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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