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Title
Monument to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hope Pattison (1785–1824)
Date
1838
Medium
yellow sandstone
Measurements
H 210 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E);
Plinth: H 610 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
G4_GB_S026
Acquisition method
purchased by private subscription with the assistance of the Merchant's House of Glasgow
Work type
Statue
Owner
Glasgow City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Listing date
15/12/70
Inscription description
on the northern side of the pedestal: SALAMANCA. / MADRID. / RETREAT OF ARANJUEZ. / PYRENEES.; on the eastern side of the pedestal: MASSENA'S RETREAT. / CAMPO MAYOR. / FUENTES D'ONORO. / BADAJOZ.; on the south side of the pedestal: BUSACO. / REDINHA. / CASAL NOVA. / FOZ D'ARONCE.; on the western side of the base: LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER HOPE PATTISON, K.H., / COMMANDER OF THE TROOPS IN THE BAHAMAS, &c., &c., / AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS / WITH HONOUR & FIDELITY / DIED AT NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE, ON THE 11TH JANy., 1835, / AGED 48 / THIS MONUMENT TO HIS WORTH AND SERVICES IS ERECTED / BY HIS FRIENDS & FELLOW-CITIZENS. / 1838; on the northern side of the base: A.D. MDCCCXXXVIII / BY A GRANT FROM / THE MERCHANTS' HOUSE OF GLASGOW / OF THE REQUISITE GROUND / THE CONTRIBUTORS / WERE ENABLED TO PLACE COL. PATTISON'S MONUMENT / NEAR HIS FATHER'S TOMB.
