Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces
Three Graces

Image credit: Dewi Owens / Art UK

How you can use this image

 

This image is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence (CC BY-NC).

This image can be reproduced in any way apart from any commercial uses.

Wherever you reproduce the image or an altered version of it, you must attribute the original creators (acknowledge the original artist(s), the person/organisation that took the photograph of the work) and any other stated rights holders.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find more images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Download

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Stone statues of (left to right): Charity (accompanied by a child); Faith (holding a bible); and Hope (hands resting on an anchor) on an oval plinth. The statues were originally modelled on Greek mythological figures The Three Graces, but became known to local residents as the Three Virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity. The statues used to sit on the roof of the YMCA / Grants Warehouse building in Inverness until the late 1950s and then lay neglected in a council store for several years. They were then sold, and years later they were found in an Orkney garden; they were restored and returned to Inverness in 2011.
Title

Three Graces

Date

1868

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 300 x W 250 x D 150 cm (E);
Plinth: H 150 x W 250 x D 200 cm (E)

Accession number

IV2_DO_S007

Acquisition method

commissioned by the YMCA

Work type

Statue

Owner

The Highland Council

Custodian

The Highland Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

2011 (relocation)

Access

at all times

Inscription description

Faith, Hope & Charity

Tags

See a tag that’s incorrect or offensive? Challenge it and notify Art UK.

Help improve Art UK. Tag artworks and verify existing tags by joining the Tagger community.

Located at

Castle Road, Inverness

IV2 3EA

In a triangular park bounded by an iron fence between Castle Road and Ness Bank.