Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture
Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture

© the artist. Image credit: Orkney Islands Council

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After North Ronaldsay artist, Ian Scott's, full-size memorial sculpture in Kirkhope Cemetery, Longhope, Hoy. The figure wears the uniform and life jacket of the RNLI. The memorial sculpture is dedicated to the loss of the TGB Lifeboat and her crew on 17 March 1969 and was unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 9 August 1970.

Orkney Museum

Kirkwall

Title

Figure from RNLI Memorial Sculpture

Date

2009

Medium

bronze resin

Measurements

H 14.5 x W 5 x D 5 cm

Accession number

2009/029

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Sculpture

Signature/marks description

back of plinth: Ian Scott (85?)

Inscription description

on front body: RNLI

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