Glasgow, PA/008, Carved Wall Panel

Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Carved Wall Panel Photograph

Region ID	GW
Work ID	30
Manual Reference	PA/008
Title	Carved Wall Panel
Sculptor	Kennington, Eric Henry
Architect	Keppie, Henderson & Gleave
Assistant	Stanford, Eric
Assistant	Robertson, Archibald
Date of design	1957-1959
Year of unveiling	c.1959
Unveiling details	The panel was carved in situ, completed 1959
Road	University Avenue
Precise Location	On the SE façade, James Watt Engineering Building
A to Z Ref	34 J14
OS Ref
Postcode	G12
Work is	Extant
Listing Status	Not listed
Duty of Care	Glasgow University
Commissioned by	Glasgow University
Notes
Symbolic depiction of the development of engineering relative to Glasgow University: from the bottom to the top are scenes including the Ark on the sea with whales and fish; a bearded man with compasses; a blacksmith by a volcano; a man within a wheel; a bird and a winged horse, and at the top a figure with a caduceus. The panel is also carved with various Masonic symbols
The panel was designed as an integral part of the building and its subject matter was chosen by the architects. They also suggested Kennington as the sculptor. A Committee of the Court was set up at the University and the design and the sculptor were eventually agreed upon. Kennington fell ill while working on the panel and it was completed by his assistants Eric Stanford and Archibald Robertson (1)

circa	c.
raw year	1959
Condition	Good
At risk	No known risk
Inscriptions	Incorporated into the overall design of the panel: PROGRESS DISCE DOCE SCIENTIA / ET / INGENIO PER MARE / PER TERRAS
Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work	Material	Dimensions
Whole	Stone

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character

Detail	Comment
No damage

Structural Condition

Structural Condition	Comment
None

Vandalism

Vandalism	Comment
None