Art UK has updated its cookies policy. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. To find out more read our updated Use of Cookies policy and our updated Privacy policy.

Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)
Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)

Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

How you can use this image

 

This image is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence (CC BY-NC).

This image can be reproduced in any way apart from any commercial uses.

Wherever you reproduce the image or an altered version of it, you must attribute the original creators (acknowledge the original artist(s), the person/organisation that took the photograph of the work) and any other stated rights holders.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find more images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Download

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

A bronze profile portrait attached without a surrounding medallion.
Title

Memorial to Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857)

Date

c.1860

Medium

bronze

Accession number

G4_GB_S028

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Relief

Owner

Glasgow City Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

03 February 1905

Inscription description

on the front of the monument in metal lettering: IN MEMORY / OF THE VERY REVEREND / DUNCAN MACFARLAN. D.D. / BORN 1771. - DIED 1857. / SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AS MINISTER / OF DRYMEN 1792. / BECAME PRINCIPAL / OF GLASGOW COLLEGE 1823 / AND / MINISTER OF ST MUNGO / THE ORIGINAL PARISH OF GLASGOW 1824 / ERECTED 1861

Tags

See a tag that’s incorrect or offensive? Challenge it and notify Art UK.

Help improve Art UK. Tag artworks and verify existing tags by joining the Tagger community.

Located at

Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow

G4 0UZ