Field Visit
Date 25 March 2000
Event ID 612298
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612298
A bas-relief depicting, in profile, an over life-size seated nude male representing Geology, looking to the viewers' right. His right hand rests on the slabs of sandstone upon which he is sitting. In his left hand he holds a slab containing a fossil of an ammonite, which is balanced upon his left knee. The figure is enclosed within a larger ammonite motif, with his head framed by the architectural moulding above.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1930-1931 (building)
Year of unveiling : 1931
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0042)
