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Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874 (painter and architect)

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Glasgow Cathedral, SW View, c 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1167/C/1/10/8
Scope and Contents

An engraving showing the south west view of Glasgow Cathedral. Drawn by R.W. Billings. Engraved by J.H. Le Keux. Note that Bell Tower is in existence and Consistory House has been demolished. .

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: art works / Glasgow and environs

Glasgow University, c 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1167/C/1/10/15
Scope and Contents An engraving showing Glasgow University and the staircase in the Outer Court. Drawn by R.W. Billings. Engraved by J.H. Le Keux. Edinburgh, published by William Blackwood & Sons, 1848. This staircase, and the crest, etc. above the doorway beyond were moved from High Street to Gilmourhill and incorporated in the new (1868) university buildings by Sir Gilbert Scott. The ?for stair? is on the outer western side of the west quadrangle by the chapel; the armorial gateway is at the Pearce...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: art works / Glasgow and environs

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