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M025 Sir William Pearce monument in Craigton Cemetery

Address: Craigton Cemetery, Berryknowes Road, Glasgow
Date: 1889–1
Client: Lady Pearce
Authorship:

(Office)

John Honeyman & Keppie designed an Italian Renaissance-style granite and sandstone monument embellished with bronze figures, panels and a bust of William Pearce by Alfred Toft.

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during Mackintosh's time there. Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but there is no specific evidence for his involvement in this case.

Cost from office job book: £1214 1s 6d, not including the cost of Toft's sculpture

Status: Demolished

RCAHMS Site Number: NS56SW 208 (Craigton Cemetery)

Grid Reference: NS56SW 208 (Craigton Cemetery)

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.848662, lng = -4.337819 (Map)

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.