Murdoch, William Gordon Burn-, 1862-1939 (Scottish artist and traveller)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1939
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
A procession of Scottish History. Burn Murdoch's frieze of Scottish Kings., 1906
Item — Box PC5/Top: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/7/1
Scope and Contents
A frieze created by William Gordon Burn-Murdoch showing the Succession of Scottish Kings and the Principal Figures of their Reigns, from the Time of Duncan and MacBeth, in their Proper Arms and Costumes. This frieze was displayed in the Scotland Room at the Outlook Tower. A small reproducation was shown in Geddes' "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition."
Dates:
1906
A procession of Scottish History. Burn Murdoch's frieze of Scottish Kings., 1906
Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/7/2
Scope and Contents
One portion of the item Coll-1167/B/7/1 was carved in white marble intended for a frieze around Edinburgh Castle Esplanade's reservoir.
Dates:
1906
Records relating to the Mechanics' Library and University Hall, Riddle's Court
Item — Volume Dk.1.4
Identifier: Coll-1841
Scope and Contents
A single volume in two parts. The first part relates to the buildings use as the Mechanics Library, the second relates to its period as University Hall. In the front is bound an architectural plan and two engravings of the buildings.Section I begins with a Preface based on extracts from Daniel Wilson, 'Edinburgh in Olden Time'. Bound in before the Preface is a two-sided illustration, one side titled "M'Morran Superintends his bigging". Thererafter follows a table of contents...
Dates:
1850s, 1890s