Caledonia and her sons, George IV Bridge
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Caledonia and her sons, George IV Bridge
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 24 Oct 2010
Built as a printworks in 1836-7, the building (now used by the Central Library's Fine Art Department) became the headquarters of the Highland Society, an improvement society founded in 1784. Caledonia is seen crowning a Highland reaper and a ploughboy above the motto 'Semper armis nunc industria' ('Always by force of Arms, and now Industry') and the Society's coat-of-arms. This shows a shepherd, crook-in-hand, cradling a lamb with the ewe (in front of a harrow) and his shepherd dog at his feet between a horse and bull as onlookers.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.948578
Longitude
-3.192274