Field Visit
Date 22 August 2002
Event ID 613406
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613406
Statue of John Knox, wearing gown and hat, standing preaching; a Bible in his left hand, his right arm gesturing towards heaven. It stands on a red sandstone octagonal pedestal set about two feet from the college wall. Knox is shown with a long beard.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On front of pedestal (incised letters): JOHN KNOX / 1514-1572 / ERECTED BY SCOTSMEN WHO ARE / MINDFUL OF THE BENEFITS CONFERRED / BY JOHN KNOX ON THEIR NATIVE LAND / 1896
Signatures : Incised on left side of statues base: J. HUTCHISON R S A / EDINBURGH SCULPT
Design period : 1896
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0878)
