[11a] Wigtown Martyrs Monument #2, Stirling, Scotland [front]

Creator

Architect/Sculptor of Monument

Alexander Handyside Ritchie; John Thomas Rochead (Cupola)

Student Author

Adam Frasher

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Identifier

08a

Medium

Photograph, carte-de-viste

Keywords

Wigtown Martyrs Statue; Stirling, Scotland; Margaret Wilson; Margaret MacLachlan; Ladies' Rock, Mar Place Cemetary; Solway Tide, 1685

Physical Dimensions

60x100 mm

Date of Publication

18uu

Name of Monument

Wigtown Martyrs

Date of Creation of Monument

1859

Date of Completion or Dedication of Monument

1867

City of Monument

Stirling

Location within City

Ladies' Rock, Mar Place Cemetery

State/Province of Monument

Stirling

Country of Monument

Scotland

Description

A carte-de-viste photograph depicting the Wigtown Martyrs statue in Stirling, Scotland. Erected in 1859, the statue stands in Mar Place Cemetery and memorializes the two Margarets, Margaret Wilson and Margaret MacLachlan, both of whom were drowned by the Solway Tide in 1685.

School of Art/Architecture

Neoclassical Sculpture

Comments

Selected Sources:

Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association

Digital Date

1-19-2022

Copyright

Original physical carte-de-viste is in the public domain. Digital copy scanned by Rod Library, ©2022 Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

File Format

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