Dublin Core
Title
platter
Identifier
Description
Wooden platter, turtle shape 'used for holding oil'.
Date
Early: 1800 Late: 1900
Format
H: 60 mm L: 603 mm W: 331 mm
Coverage
Melanesia Vanuatu
Abstract
Amateur etching of the interior of chapel shown soon after the restoration work of the 1880's. The memorial to Bishop Elphinstone, the founder of King's College is seen centrally placed at the foot of the sanctuary. The memorial was constructed using the base and lid of Elphinstone's original tomb.
See painting ABDUA: 30269. The rural nature of Old Aberdeen is stressed. A. Nasmyth (1758-1840) major Scottish neo-classical landscape and later proto-Picturesque landscape painter. Trained at Trustees Academy and worked for A. Ramsay. The original painting, now in Aberdeen City collection, was based on a drawing provided by R. Seaton, an Aberdeen based early nineteenth century landscape painter.
See painting ABDUA: 30269. The rural nature of Old Aberdeen is stressed. A. Nasmyth (1758-1840) major Scottish neo-classical landscape and later proto-Picturesque landscape painter. Trained at Trustees Academy and worked for A. Ramsay. The original painting, now in Aberdeen City collection, was based on a drawing provided by R. Seaton, an Aberdeen based early nineteenth century landscape painter.