Art Collections
Dumfries Museum
Church, Town Cross, High Street Lochmaben looking down
- Period:
- 19th Century
- Description:
Pencil drawing of Lochmaben High Street. The market cross is visible in the foreground, and the church at the end of the street.
William Coston Aitken (1816 = 1875) was born, educated and married in Dumfries before moving to Birmingham around 1850. He sketched places in and around Dumfries from a young age and his work is a record of the built environment of the town and the landmarks of the surrounding countryside in the first part of the 19th century.
- Materials/Media:
- pencil on paper
- Dimensions:
- L 199mm, W274mm
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:0199.21.93
- Digital Number:
- DMFA087n
- Creation Date:
- 11 May 1843
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
