Scotland, Glasgow Cathedral/ St Andrews Cathedral
Scotland, Glasgow Cathedral/ St Andrews Cathedral, painted snuff box, 1825, by James Marshall, a coat of arms in the centre with legend around, The Lid of this Box is Made of a Raft of the Cathedral Church of Glasgow/ The Bottom of this Box is Made from a Raft of the Old Cathedral Church of St Andrew's, rev. a view of a church with legend above, This Trifling Pledge of/ Esteem and Regard is Presented to/ James Rattray by the / Gentlemen Attending his Early Class of/The First Courseof Prctical Lectures on/ Botany in 1825, From a Sense of the / Assiduity and Kind Attention which they/ Experienced from Him While Under His/ Tuition--/Designed and Drawn by James Marshall, Glasgow Sptr 1825, 92 mm. The base cracked, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare. £Sold
The University Archives suggest he is likely to be the James Rattray who was a surgeon in Glasgow and wrote
"A Botanical Chart, or, Concise Introduction to the Linnaean System of Botany" [Glasgow, 1830].
This is probably the same James Rattray who matriculated in 1809 saying he was the third son of James, a merchant from Forfar, Angus. He studied medical subjects here 1808-1811 (3 sessions) but did not graduate, instead obtaining the Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1814.
If you require further information on this item you can contact us in a number of ways. Click here to see our contact information.
Id:800 Q:0