Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Pulpit St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh
Tour Scotland photograph of a Pulpit in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The pulpit carved by John Rhind in 1883 acts as a central focus depicting the six acts of mercy. John Rhind, born 1828, died 1892, was a Scottish sculptor, based in Edinburgh. He was born in Banff the son of a master mason. He was trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie, born 1804, died 1870. He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868. He died on 5 April 1892 a few days after being elected an Associate of the RSA, and is buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh with a monument by his son John Massey Rhind. He was the father of the sculptors William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind, and of the architect Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind.
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