Votive model of "Agnes Oswald"
AssociatedAssociated with
Agnes Oswald
AssociatedAssociated with
James Welsh
(Aberdeen, Scotland, active 1830)
AssociatedAssociated with
Gilcomston Church
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1830
Object NameModel
Mediumwood, paint, cord.
ClassificationsMaritime History
Dimensions163 x 58 x 185cm. Note: Spar length: 58 cm Hull width: 30 cm Hull length: 138 cm
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS077778
About MeVotive Model from the Denburn Parish Church, originally Gilcomston Church, named after the minister Dr. James Kidd's daughter Agnes Oswald, nee Kidd.Flags indicate a British naval vessel; white ensign on transom stern, Union flag on bowsprit.
Dr. James Kidd was minister of Gilcomston Church from 1801 to 1834. He had three daughters and two sons who reached maturity and his daughter Agnes, when 29 years of age, married a sea captain, James Oswald, in 1829. The model's maker, James Welsh (son of Aberdeen's last hangman) dedicated the votive model to Agnes Oswald in 1830.
March 1917
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