Statue of Caledonia

Caledonia seated on a pedestal, crowning 2 youths (a Highland reaper and a ploughboy) and the coat-of-arms of the Society.

Low relief carving on pedestal: Semper armis nunc et industria, Always by force of arms now and industry.

Built for Charles Lawson, printer, the building subsequently became the Highland and Agricultural Institute, headquarters of the Highland Society, an improvement society founded in 1784, and housed an agricultural museum.

Photo 987, May 2011