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M147 Gravestone for James Reid, Kilmacolm

Address: Kilmacolm Cemetery, Port Glasgow Road, Kilmacolm PA13 4SF
Date: 1897–8
Client: Unknown
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

1897: 4 October: Death of James Reid. 1

1898: A photograph of the Reid gravestone taken after the death of Mrs Reid in 1907 clearly shows the date 1898 and Mackintosh's initials carved on the right side of the base. 2

1902: March: Photograph published in Dekorative Kunst. 3

1907: 13 July: Death of Margaret Reid. 4

1912: 11 October: Drawing published in British Architect. 5

1992: Cleaned by Stokes Monumental Sculptors of Dunoon. 6

2000: Cleaned and treated with biocide by Graciela Ainsworth, sculpture conservator. 7

2012: 2–4 August: Ivy cut back, and gravestone cleaned and treated with biocide by Graciela Ainsworth. 8

Notes:

1: Date recorded on gravestone.

2: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: GLAHA 52619.

3: Dekorative Kunst, 5, March 1902, p. 215.

4: Date recorded on gravestone.

5: British Architect, 78, 11 October 1912, pp. 241–2.

6: Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Newsletter, 60, Winter 1992, p. 3.

7: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: conservation report by Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation and Restoration, 19 July 2000.

8: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: conservation report by Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation and Restoration, 21 August 2012.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.