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SCA - Scottish Catholic Archives
GD - Gifts and Deposits
140 - Drawings by Peter Anson
Repository
Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No
SCA/GD/140/62
Title
St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Date
1934
Level
Item
Description
Avoiding the washes the artist sometimes used to create shadow, here simple lines suggest the form of the great cathedral as it looks out over the river Clyde; simple strokes of ink suggest the elegant imposing church, the overcast sky, and the river in t
Physical Description
Pen and ink sketch; study in the technique of hatching
Admin_History
Building work on this cathedral was begun in 1814 and finished in 1816 with the opening of this magnificent cathedral under the Right Rev. Dr. Scott, designed by James Gillespie Graham of Edinburgh, and considered by the Directory as “in the florid Gothic
AccessConditions
Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
PublnNote
The Catholic Directory for Scotland 1845; Souvenir of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of St. Andrew’s Cathedral Glasgow (Glasgow, 1966)
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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