Field Visit
Date 26 August 1999
Event ID 612440
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612440
Large high-relief carving of a group of four reclining male figures with a central semi-draped female holding a torch in her left hand and a book in her right. In the extreme left corner of the pediment is a ploughshare and a large wheatsheaf; in the right corner is a cog and a crate.
See EDIN0124
Inscriptions : On frieze below pediment (incised letters):
MID-LOTHIAN COUNTY BUILDINGS. / MCMIV. (centre)
SIR JAMES H. GIBSON CRAIG. / OF RICCARTON. BART. / CONVENER. (left)
J.MACINTYRE HENRY. / ARCHITECT. (right)
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1899-1904
Year of unveiling : 1904
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0123)