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Field Visit
Date 19 July 1999
Event ID 612474
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612474
Standing figure of George II in antique armour, weight on right foot, left foot forward; right hand forward holding baton or scroll; drapery behind base.
According to Malcolm Baker, in 'Proper Ornaments for a Library or Grotto: London Sculptors and Their Scottish Patrons in the C18th', in 'Virtue and Vision', James Hill was the supplier; John Cheerie the sculptor (1).
Inscriptions : On front of base:
GEORGE II / BRIT. REX / BY WHOM / A ROYAL / CHARTER / WAS GRANTED / TO THE / INFIRMARY / OF / EDINBURGH / AUG 25. 1736
Signatures : None
Design period : 1753 / 1755
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0142)
