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Title
Memorial to Kenneth Murray of Geannies (1825–1876)
Date
1879
Medium
marble
Accession number
IV19_WA_S017
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Bust
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Listing date
29/10/82
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
at the bottom of the marble panel (not on original stone plinth): HOOD 1996
Inscription description
inscription on marble panel appears to be a copy of inscription on stone plinth below bust, which has become only partially legible, and reads: KENNETH MURRAY OF GEANNIES / PROVOST OF TAIN, BORN 1825 DIED 1876 / THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED / AND A UNIVERSITY BURSARY FOUNDED / IN CONNECTION WITH TAIN ACADEMY / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AS A MEMORIAL / OF HIS ESTIMABLE CHARACTER AND PUBLIC USEFULNESS / 1879