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Pilkinton and Son Were in Dundas Street, Spelled As Pilkinson in the Street Director 1856y Pilkinton and Son were in Dundas Street, spelled as Pilkinson in the street director. T Davies was at 14 South Saint Andrew Street. J A Bell 6 was at 9 York Place. Frederick Thomas Pilkinton came 12th in the Second Class Honours for Mathematics under Professor Philip Kelland, and shared First Honours for Logic and Metaphysics under W Hamilton, Bart. (Caledonian Mercury, Sat. 10th May 1856) Sam Bough, possibly Pilkington’s closest friend to be, moved to Edinburgh from Glasgow in this year, and stayed at 5 Malta Terrace in Stockbridge. He travelled to London that year, and “visited an old acquaintance, John Philip”, whom he had first met in the company of James Cassie, both very close friends of William Brodie. Bough exchanged some of his works, which Philip admired, for a portrait by Philip of Bough. Bough thought it “as large as life….”. “It’s very like me, and an awful bla’guard I look” (Hitchons) In fact, the portrait establishes Bough’s commanding height and broad frame, and his handsome authority. He looks rather distinguished in fact. Bough was a fascinatingly controversial figure, and continued to fascinate long after his death. As late as 1897, many years after hs death, The Evening Telegraph, in a piece taken from "Good Words" entitled "Sam Bough and His Friends", attempted to present the ambiguity of Bough's personality. "Sam Bough could be rude in both manner and speech, and his acquaintances were habituated to sarcasm and brusquerie. He had, in consequence, many friends but a multitude of enemies, who passed into currency many stories of his wild conduct. These have led others who only knew by hearsay one, and that the worst, side of his character, to invent many cruel and repulsive fictions about him and his ways. These may safely be discounted to the extent of about 90 per cent. Mr William M'Taggert RSA tells of a sketching excursion which he had with Bough. It lasted three days, during which they were hardly ever separate, either night or day. On starting Bough opened what proved a sustained flow of informing, high and often eloquent discourse. The natural gentleman had left his clown's mask at home, and the broad humourist was supplanted by the suggestive and brilliant conversationalist. They had done little more than reach Edinburgh when they were met by two or three of his boon companions and in an instant Bough was transformed. He knew what was expected of him, and he stepped down into the gutter and administered unto them" . (The Evening Telegraph, Tuesday Sept. 21st 1897) Such was the character of a man Pilkington spent most of his working life for upwards of two decades. 1856 was the year in which Gowans’ father died, and William Gowans entry in Kelly's at Redhall changed to James Gowans. (KELLYS) Brodie moved house from the Dean to 4 Torphichen Street possibly to be closer to Gowans. (KELLYS) Charles Cowan MP had moved to be close to James Cowan, and incidentally to Henderson, at 30 Royal Terrace. (KELLYS) In 1856, the City of Edinburgh chose Baron Panmure, the Earl of Dalhousie as the receiver of its “freedom”. Gowans meanwhile was active in establishing a new quarry on the noble Earl’s estate in Angus, at Carmyllie. Talking in 1881 he said; About twenty years ago "in connection with the Late Earl of Dalhousie and a friend, I made a railway from the main line to the quarry, which has had the effect of developing the trade to such an extent that, instead of the windmill and the old crane, there are now ten planing machines, besides stone cutting machines, moulding machines etc worked by seven steam engines, showing the extensive use which is made of that stone not only for paving but for steps, plats etc." (TBN, Nov 1881) In the 1880s, this development was described thus. "The railway, (about 8 miles) constructed as private property by The Earl of Dalhousie, was sold in 1865 to the Scottish North Eastern, and passed with that railway to the Caledonian; it joins the Arbroath and Dundee Line at Elliott Junction, 3/4 mile south of Arbroath; skirts the beautiful Kelly Den, so interesting to geologists; goes thence up Elliott Water, to (the) quarries; it was formed and long used exclusively for conveying paving and other stones from these quarries. The quarries (are) the most extensive works in Forfarshire for what is known as "Arbroath Pavement" (produced) from level beds 18 inches thick (in) very large slabs (which) receive a beautiful polish. (There are a) draining tunnel which cost £3000, 6 steam engines, 14 powerful cranes. (The quarry produced) paving stones, cisterns, copes, balustrades, columns etc." The stone was exported "to all chief cities of Great Britain, to many parts of Continental Europe, to the USA and to Australia and other British colonies. (The quarries) belong to the Earl of Dalhousie, being worked under lease. (GROOME's) Gowans was working on the Crieff Junction Railway, which should have opened in September of 1857 according to the Dundee Courier. They described it as being "in a dormant state........" (Dundee Courier, 6th Feb 1856) Obviously the disputes were resolved pretty quickly because the Crieff Junction Railway was opened in March, amidst the usual rejoicing. A long account in a Stirling paper includes mention of the Inspector's views of Gowans' work. "The government engineers, Colonel Wynd, went over the works on tuesday, the day before the opning, and after a most minute inspection, pronounce the line one of the best, if not the most solid and substantial one, he had ever exmined; in fact nothing could surpass the eulogium which he passed upon the respected contractor, Mr Gowans, for the manner in which he had executed the works." (Stirling Observer, 20th March 1856) In June, Gowans was described as "Deputy-Chairman" of the Crieff Junction and was involved in the politics of railways and Crieff in particular. Mr Stewert, civil and railway engineer quoted Gowans in giving evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons on Denny Junction v Scottish Central and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways. "He gave evidence also as to the desire of the same Caledonian or west route confederacy being anxious to push the work past Stirling by a branch to Doune and on to Crieff; and he was aware that parties were ready to fill up the gap from Methven to Crieff, completing a line of communication to the north without going over the Central. He founded his assertion as to the filling of the gap.........(from) what had been said to him by.....Mr Gowans. He had no doubt that there was a connection between the fact that the Chairman of the Denny Junction was also the Chairman of the Scottish Midland, which it was well know was an ally of the London and North Western............He had no doubt of the intention of the Caledonian in putting forward the line, and he believed that if both bills were passed, neither would be made" (Glasgow Herald, 13th June 1856) Meanwhile, Brodie was now recognised as one of the rising stars in Scottish Sculpture. The Scotsman provided a very positive assessment of his work in a longish article entitled “THE WORKS OF WILLIAM BRODIE, A.R.S.A., in which his being appreciated by Gibson and MacDonald is linked to his following Greek Classical ideals. “From time to time we have had opportunity of noticing works from the chisel of Sir "William Brodie; but we doubt whether even our townsmen are fully aware of His merits and present position as a sculptor. With a very few years of study, Mr Brodie has risen, to recognised eminence. And his studio at this moment bears evidence alike of His genius and of the fact that. Already he begins to reap the harvest of fame that awaits him. Mir Brodie’s early works, medallions and statuettes, attracted the notice of a gentleman of our city, who, uniting liberality with wealth, enabled him to visit the schools of his art in Rome. (This must be a reference to James Buchanan, the whisky merchant).It was during the few months of his residence there that he produced his marble statue of Corinna exhibited last year in tile Royal Scottish Academy's Gallery. The merits of the work were readily recognised in Italy - Gibson and Macdonald, great names in sculpture, according to it hearty and just praise. Before the statue was exhibited here, it had found a purchaser in Mr Wilson of Banknock, and is now in his gallery. By the kind permission of Mr Wilson, a mould was taken from the statue, and a copy of the cast sent to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham . The committee in charge of the Fine Art Department of the Palace, in virtue of its merit, gave it a conspicuous position in the nave of the building an honour which will be best appreciated by these who know the scrupulous care exercised in the selection of places, and who also remember that it was the work of an artist previously unknown to fame. It is gratifying that Scotland, if scantily, is thus worthily represented in a collection containing the richest contributions of all countries and of all times. Many men who have risen to a high position as sculptors have been born and educated in Scotland; but our cold disregard of this noblest of arts, even in the metropolis, sent them in general to seek distinction and wealth in the warmer south. The circumstance that Mr Brodie's Corinna found a purchaser in the person of a Glasgow merchant indicates, we hope, the dawn of better days; and we are glad to know that at least three of the beautiful works of art at present in progress in Mr Brodie's studio are commissions received by him here.
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