Alexander Carrick: Difference between revisions

With the end of the war memorial period and the onset of the economic depression, Carrick undertook many smaller works including continuing renovations and repairs at [[George Heriot's School]] in Edinburgh, [[Pollok House]] in Glasgow, and [[Dunnotar Castle]]. He also executed several memorial tablets featuring portraits, including that to [[Sir Walter Scott]] inon the front of [[Jedburgh Sheriff Court]], and one to the founder of the [[Boys' Brigade]], [[William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)|William A. Smith]] in [[St. Giles' Cathedral]], Edinburgh. [[University of Edinburgh|The University of Edinburgh]] also constructed the [[King's Buildings]] extension and Carrick was responsible for the stone relief above the doorway of the Geology department, featuring the allegorical figure of ''Geology'' studying an [[ammonite]]. In the late 1930s he carried out all of the work on [[Saint Andrew's House]], the new government buildings in Edinburgh, to the designs of the London sculptor [[William Reid Dick]]. Carrick's last prestigious work was that of the bronze groups 'Safety' and 'Security' which stand on pillars at the entrance to the Caledonian Insurance Building (now GRE Building ) in [[St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh|Saint Andrew Square]], Edinburgh.