Scottish National Portrait Gallery; cartoons for processional frieze (From Mungo Park to James Bruce)
About this artwork
In the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s Great Hall, along the first-floor ambulatory runs a processional or pageant frieze that depicts many famous Scots in reverse chronological order. Starting with Thomas Carlyle, it was designed as a ‘visual encyclopedia’ and includes figures such as David Livingstone, James Watt, Robert Burns, Adam Smith, David Hume, the Stuart monarchs, Robert the Bruce and Saint Ninian. This cartoon shows the section which runs from the explorer, Mungo Park (1771 – 1806), to fellow traveller, James Bruce (1730 - 1794). The artist, William Hole, also painted a series of large-scale murals depicting scenes from Scottish history on the first floor.
Updated before 2020
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artist:William Brassey Hole (1846 - 1917) English
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title:Scottish National Portrait Gallery; cartoons for processional frieze (From Mungo Park to James Bruce)
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date created:About 1898
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materials:Sepia wash over pencil on paper
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measurements:35.50 x 66.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1984
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accession number:PG 2631 I
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William Brassey Hole
William Brassey Hole
Edinburgh-based artist William Hole specialised in history painting and etching. Around 1895 he volunteered to decorate the chancel of St James’ Church on Inverleith Row with large-scale murals. In 1897 the still unfinished work came to the attention of John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman...