Description
One of a number of drawings and sketches from Elgin contained in the Hutton Collection, this view of the former Franciscan friary in Elgin, Morayshire from the south-west, Is dated August 1819, but the name of the artist is not supplied. A Franciscan or 'Grey' friary first appeared in Elgin in the thirteenth century, but despite receiving a grant from David II of Scotland in 1357, it appears to have gone into decline. A second community of Franciscans arrived in 1479 and they erected the friary church depicted in this drawing, which still stands in Elgin today. The church, restored in the nineteenth century, is one of Scotland's best-preserved friary churches.
Collective title: Hutton Drawings > [Volume 1] > Elginshire (Moray)
More details about the album and its contents can be found on the collection website.
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
Courtesy of National Library of Scotland
Location
Greyfriars Church and Convent, Abbey Street, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Country
Scotland
Tags
Category
Travel & Transport
TWW Comment
The church was restored between 1896 and 1908 by the Marquis of Bute and Lord Colum Crichton Stuart.
