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Field Visit
Date 21 February 2002
Event ID 613126
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613126
Bronze figures representing 'Insurance' and 'Security' stand on top of Cipollino marble columns flanking the entrance to the building. On top of the column on the left of the doorway is a naked man with a naked girl standing in front of him. He holds her hands on her shoulders. On top of the other column is a naked woman, with a baby held across her breasts with her right arm, and a small boy standing at her feet. Her left hand is on his head.
The building was erected for The Caledonian Insurance Company, the oldest fire insurance Institution in Scotland.
The bronze figures represent 'Insurance' and 'Security', 'symbolic of the aspirations and endeavours of the Caledonian'. (1)
On the Alexander Carrick website (www.alexandercarrick.webeden.co.uk) the figure group of the man and girl is titled 'Safety'. The group of the woman and children is adapted from Carrick's diploma work of 1936 titled 'Felicity'.
The bronze groups were cast by Carrick's pupil, George Mancini.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None visible
Design period : 1938-1939
Year of unveiling : 1939
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0650)
