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Keywords: George Meikle Kemp by William Bonnar.jpg William Bonnar George Meikle Kemp 1795 - 1844 Architect and designer of the Scott Monument about 1840 Kemp who had originally trained as a carpenter was one of the 54 entrants in the 1836 competition for a Walter Scott memorial in Edinburgh Inspired by medieval ruins and Gothic architecture he entered under the pseudonym of John Morvo a name that appears as an inscription on Melrose Abbey and is thought to have been of a mason working on the building The proposals earned him one of three prizes and when the competition was rerun in 1838 Kemp won the commission Initially controversial his monument to Scott is a striking Gothic structure that dominates Princes street Sadly Kemp drowned in the Union Canal before the monument ™s completion His brother-in-law William Bonnar the artist of this portrait supervised the building work until its conclusion GLOSSARY OPEN Gothic DETAILS Accession no PG 246 Medium Oil on panel Size 34 30 x 28 00 cm framed 53 80 x 46 70 x 6 30 cm Credit Given by Thomas Bonnar to the National Gallery of Scotland; transferred 1889 National Galleries of Scotland 1840 William Bonnar pd-art http //www nationalgalleries org/index php/collection/online_search/4 324/results/0/2919/ 1795 births 1844 deaths Portrait paintings of men at half length George Meikle Kemp 1840s portrait paintings 1840 paintings William Bonnar
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