This Is My Glasgow on Nostr: I love this 1860s keystone head by Charles Grassby over the entrance to the former ...
I love this 1860s keystone head by Charles Grassby over the entrance to the former Junior Conservative Club on West George Street in Glasgow.
I can't find any record of what it represents, but the fish on his head and the anchor entwined in his beard suggest it could be Father Clyde, the mythological embodiment of the river on which Glasgow's fortune was built.
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings #sculpture #fatherclyde #riverclyde #theclyde
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