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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9999,James Carmichael,statue,study,Verdant Works Museum,Dundee,Scotland,UK,engineer,1776-1853,mechanical,engineering,steam,industrial,heritage,Scottish,sculpture,museum,maquette,plaster,John,Hutchison,inventor,machinery,history,Dundonian,industry,collection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF26A - James Carmichael statue study at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The seated figure represents Dundee engineer James Carmichael, 1776-1853, a pioneering mechanical engineer associated with the development of steam engineering in the city. Dundee Heritage Trust identifies the museum object as a sculptor's maquette or plaster study for the full-size statue of Carmichael designed by sculptor John Hutchison and installed in Dundee's Albert Square in 1876. Carmichael and his brother Charles were important figures in Dundee engineering and founded the firm J and C Carmichael, which developed machinery and steam engines during the nineteenth century. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Dundee industrial heritage, Scottish engineering, James Carmichael, steam power, inventors, mechanical engineering, public sculpture, museum collections, jute-era industry and local history. Displayed within Verdant Works, the figure helps connect the story of Dundee's textile economy with the engineers and machinery manufacturers who supported its industrial expansion. The warm-toned sculpture, brick backdrop and seated pose create a strong museum portrait of a notable Dundonian engineer.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8950,Rangers,Ibrox,1971,memorial,football,Glasgow,Scotland,disaster,supporters,statue,remembrance,RFC,stadium,history,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic,fines,behind,closed,doors,play,players
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X8K - . Rangers Ibrox memorial figure for the 1971 football stadium disaster. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The sculpture stands against the red-brick stadium wall, linking the club's present-day home with a major event in its history. The photograph is appropriate for respectful editorial use concerning football safety, Rangers heritage, supporters, stadium disasters, memorials and the commemoration of those who died. The background to matchday is that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. Within the history of churchyard, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. In relation to household object, historical context shows that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. Current 2026 context around matchday is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape matchday debate. Against the 2026 backdrop for churchyard, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for tourism, music, community use and local identity
Images of interiors, memorials and churchyards can support stories about conservation, heritage skills and the continuing reuse of sacred buildings.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8959,Rangers,Ibrox,memorial,1971,disaster,Glasgow,football,Scotland,statue,supporters,tragedy,remembering,RFC,heritage,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X99 - . Rangers Ibrox memorial sculpture remembering the 1971 stadium disaster. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The bronze figure forms part of Rangers FC's remembrance area at the stadium and provides a solemn visual link to one of the most significant tragedies in Scottish football history. The image is suitable for respectful editorial coverage of football safety, memorials, supporter remembrance, Rangers heritage, Ibrox history and the continuing commemoration of those who lost their lives. For supporters, the historical context is that british sports venues often have histories extending far beyond their present-day appearance, with rebuilt stands, sponsorship names and safety standards reflecting the professionalisation and commercial growth of spectator sport. Looking at artwork, the longer history is that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. The background to memorial is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and changing liturgy. For supporters, the 2026 context is that professional sport continues to be closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape matchday debate. In 2026, artwork remains relevant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8962,Walter,Smith,Rangers,Ibrox,Glasgow,football,manager,statue,Scotland,RFC,memorial,sport,heritage,bronze,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9E - . Walter Smith memorial statue at Rangers FC Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The bronze figure commemorates the former Rangers and Scotland manager, whose career is closely associated with the club. Photographed against the stadium setting, the sculpture provides a strong editorial image for Rangers history, Scottish football, management, supporters, sporting remembrance and the way major clubs commemorate influential figures. For the story of cultural landmark, it is useful to note that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. The historical setting for supporters is that sporting grounds, club colours and event memorabilia become part of local identity as generations of supporters associate particular streets, gates and stands with matchday ritual
Stadium architecture and branding also change repeatedly as clubs modernise facilities. Seen through stained glass, the earlier context is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and evolving liturgy. For present-day cultural landmark, 2026 is significant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. In the 2026 discussion of supporters, professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8964,Walter,Smith,Rangers,Ibrox,Glasgow,football,manager,statue,Scotland,RFC,bronze,memorial,sport,supporters,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9J - . Walter Smith bronze statue with raised arms outside Rangers Ibrox. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Full-length view of the Walter Smith bronze statue outside Rangers FC's Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. The former manager is depicted with both arms raised in celebration, creating a strong sporting memorial image. The statue reflects Smith's enduring association with Rangers and can illustrate Scottish football history, football management, club legends, supporter culture, memorial art and the heritage of Ibrox Stadium. Seen through mural, the earlier context is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. For matchday, the historical context is that british sports venues often have histories extending far beyond their present-day appearance, with rebuilt stands, sponsorship names and safety standards reflecting the professionalisation and commercial growth of spectator sport. Looking at business signage, the longer history is that local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. The 2026 relevance of mural comes from the fact that contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. For matchday, the 2026 context is that professional sport continues to be closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8969,Walter,Smith,Rangers,Ibrox,Glasgow,football,manager,statue,Scotland,RFC,memorial,sport,legend,bronze,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9K - . Walter Smith statue outside Ibrox Stadium, home of Rangers FC. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Bronze statue of former Rangers manager Walter Smith outside Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. Smith is shown in a celebratory pose with both arms raised, commemorating a manager strongly associated with Rangers and Scottish football. The sculpture forms part of the club's memorial landscape around Ibrox and provides editorial context for Rangers history, football management, sporting heritage, supporters, memorials and the legacy of Walter Smith. Within the history of creative industries, public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. In relation to football club, historical context shows that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. For the story of sacred art, it is useful to note that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. Against the 2026 backdrop for creative industries, contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. As of 2026, the position for football club is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5561,Jamieson,Draper,Bruin,Polar,Bear,Dundee,Scotland,sculpture,statue,public,art,1878,whaling,history,heritage,the,and,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC80 - Mr Jamieson the Draper and Bruin the Polar Bear public sculpture in Dundee city centre, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Dundee city centre, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The public artwork commemorates the extraordinary 1878 incident in which a polar bear known as Bruin escaped while being transported through Dundee and was eventually safely recaptured. The sculpture turns a colourful episode from the city's whaling-era history into an accessible piece of street art. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Dundee city centre, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5428,Minnie,Minx,Dundee,Scotland,Beano,comic,character,statue,bronze,DC,Thomson,public,art,cartoon,heritage,the,High,Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC0P - Minnie the Minx bronze comic character statue on High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. Minnie the Minx is one of the best-known characters from DC Thomson's The Beano. Her bronze statue on Dundee High Street celebrates the city's role in British comic publishing and forms part of a popular group of public artworks featuring characters associated with locally based publisher DC Thomson. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5432,Knasher,Dundee,Scotland,comic,character,statue,bronze,Beano,DC,Thomson,public,art,cartoon,heritage,sculpture,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC15 - Knasher comic character bronze sculpture in Dundee city centre, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The bronze comic-character sculpture reflects Dundee's exceptional connection with British comics through publisher DC Thomson. Characters from The Beano and The Dandy have become part of the city's public realm, turning popular publishing history into accessible street sculpture and a visitor attraction. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5510,Adam,Duncan,Admiral,Dundee,Scotland,statue,bronze,Cathedral,naval,Camperdown,1797,monument,heritage,High,Street,outside,Paul
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC67 - Admiral Adam Duncan bronze statue outside St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The Dundee city-centre statue honours Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, who was born in the city and became famous for victory over the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797. Erected in 1997, the monument forms part of Dundee's collection of public sculpture and sits close to St Paul's Cathedral. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5514,Adam,Duncan,Admiral,Dundee,Scotland,statue,telescope,naval,Camperdown,1797,monument,bronze,High,Street,heritage,with
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC6A - Admiral Adam Duncan statue with telescope on High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The bronze monument commemorates Dundee-born Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, celebrated for the British victory at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. The statue was erected in Dundee in 1997 and depicts the naval commander holding a telescope. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE464 - Kenny Hunter was born in Edinburgh 1962 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1983 - 1987. After graduating in sculpture, Kenny has gone on to practice in both the field of public and gallery based art becoming one of the UK's foremost artists with works in collections all over the world, including Paris, New York and Hamburg. These are his thoughts on Citizen Firefighter.
Citizen Firefighter was conceived primarily to celebrate the fire service. But it is also an attempt, through a recognition of their work, to reclaim the political and civic space associated with the historical form of the public statue. While maintaining the clear, formal language of the past, the content and narrative of this new work differs in many ways from the historical tradition, and it is precisely through this rupture between Citizen Firefighter and what is generally understood to be the impact of historical works that we can begin to assess what kind of relationship now exists between citizen and resident, between statue and sculpture. The space opened up in this way creates the possibility of a dialogue of historical and sociological change.
Through the work's symbolism, Citizen Firefighter appears to rekindle the onlooker's reflexes when faced with a nineteenth-century public monument. It differs, however, by both the neutrality of its stance and by the prominence given to the breathing apparatus, which has a democratising effect on human identity. The generic or quotidian aspect of the figure is further accentuated by a reductive treatment of form, in which all naturalist or realist traits have been suppressed. Subtraction peels away pathos, creating enough critical distance to enable the viewer to consider the complex charge inherent in the way the subject is presented. In this way the meaning of the monument itself is left partially open, thus creating a space that can be reinvested by the onlooker
99 Gordon St, Glasgow,Scotland, G1 3SF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ661 - Plan dropped to end cone tradition on Glasgow's Wellington statue
Plans to end a long-standing tradition of placing a traffic cone on Glasgow's iconic Duke of Wellington statue have been dropped after a massive backlash.
Glasgow City Council wanted to raise the plinth as part of a £65,000 project to refurbish the monument, which stands outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
It abandoned the plan after a massive social media campaign saw thousands of people sign a petition opposing it.
Campaigners who planned a demonstration now say they will hold a victory rally.
The council had said that raising the height would end a practice which projected a depressing image of Glasgow and would save the £10,000 cost of removing the cone 100 times a year.
Image caption Michael Gray is one of many campaigners who plan to hold a victory rally
The scheme would have seen a new granite-clad concrete base of 86cm (34in) added to the memorial to raise its overall height.
However, the council has reconsidered its decision after an online petition called Save Wellington's Cone, which gathered thousands of signatories in just a few hours, and a Facebook campaign which had planned a rally in support of the cone.
A council spokesman said: The wording of the report was appalling and the leader of the council (Gordon Matheson) has instructed officers to withdraw the planning application.
The petition stated: The cone on Wellington's head is an iconic part of Glasgow's heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has.
Raising the statue will, in any case, only result in people injuring themselves attempting to put the cone on anyway: does anyone really think that a raised plinth will deter drunk Glaswegians?
So cone-troversial plans to cone-sider cone-structing a
Buchanan Street,entertainer, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,Alba,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism,city,centre,urban,with traffic,Equestrian,statue,traffic,head,student,fun,horse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC7X3 - . This dated editorial view of Glasgow, United Kingdom in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow, with traffic cone. Another layer of the photograph includes public transport information, street-side transport, period detail, everyday life, documentary photography, community identity, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, changing land use, roadside stop, roadside transit, archival record, local history, and regional identity. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, rural transport and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. Future viewers can use this scene from Glasgow, United Kingdom to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after different community use. The subject also sits alongside passenger transport, social history, historical comparison, transport accessibility, contemporary social history, bus infrastructure, local character, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Wellington, Glasgow, Equestrian, traffic, and statue add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Glasgow, United Kingdom helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is accessibility and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres when considered against later change at Glasgow, United Kingdom. The setting also helps illustrate reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of Glasgow, United Kingdom. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,statue,Glasgow,traffic cone,traffic,cone,horse,Arthur Wellesley,Royal Exchange,Square,Gallery,of,Modern Art,GoMA,landmark,icon,Glaswegian,humour,Scottish,city,centre,Scotland,public art,bronze,Carlo Marochetti,Victorian,sculpture,listed,monument,tourist,attraction,sightseeing,image,quirky,culture,urban,local,street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC7XD - The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow city centre is shown with the famous orange traffic cone balanced on the rider's head, a mischievous local tradition that has become one of the best-known visual symbols of the city. The bronze monument stands outside the Gallery of Modern Art, commonly known as GoMA, in Royal Exchange Square, close to Buchanan Street, George Square and the busy retail and cultural heart of Glasgow. The sculpture depicts Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, on horseback and was created by Italian-born sculptor Carlo Marochetti, with the statue erected in 1844. Although intended as a formal Victorian memorial connected with Wellington's military reputation and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, its modern fame is now inseparable from the traffic cone, widely seen as an expression of Glaswegian humour, irreverence and civic character. The image shows the contrast clearly: a grand equestrian monument, neoclassical columns, museum frontage and heritage architecture, undercut by an everyday road cone turned into unofficial public art. The scene is valuable for editorial use about Glasgow tourism, Scottish culture, urban identity, public sculpture, listed monuments, heritage conservation, city branding, street humour, visitor attractions and the way communities reinterpret formal civic monuments. The traffic cone tradition is often dated to at least the 1980s and has survived repeated removal, becoming a near-permanent and much-loved feature for residents, students, tourists and photographers. The picture also works for stories about public art, alternative heritage, local protest, playful vandalism, council debates about conservation costs, travel features on unusual British landmarks and wider discussion of how statues gain new meanings over time. The overcast light, blue sky breaks, red-windowed buildings and GoMA exhibition banner add a strong urban context, placing the quirky monument firmly in the everyday streetscape of c
Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3AG.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC808 - The former Glasgow stock-photo/gotonysmith-Savings.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Savings Bank headquarters building in Ingram Street, photographed in 2004. The name of the new owner, Jigsaw, is at the top of the doorway. Above the doorway is a statue of Saint Mungo and other sculptures designed by George Frampton and carved by William Shirreffs. The prominent dome covers the former banking hall.
Built in the 1890s to the plans of architect J J Burnet, the single-storey banking hall was added to the front of the existing Glasgow Savings Bank which had been designed by his father John Burnet and erected thirty years earlier. It is built to a Baroque-inspired design, with fine ornate ironwork in the main doors.
Founded in 1836, the Glasgow Savings Bank grew to be the largest of its type in the country. Various amalgamations resulted in its network of branches being included in the West of Scotland Trustee Savings Bank in 1974 and TSB Scotland in 1983. Following a stock exchange flotation in 1986, it became TSB Bank Scotland plc in 1989 and merged with Lloyds Bank in 1995.
Lloyds TSB Group quit the building in 1999. It remained unoccupied until the summer of 2002 when Emporio Armani opened a fashion showroom. Since 2003 it has been occupied by the Jigsaw fashion chain.
Reference: Illustrations vol 48, p 34
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
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banks, Baroque, domes, Emporio Armani, fashion stores, Glasgow Savings Bank, ironwork, Jigsaw, Lloyds TSB Group, sculptures, shops, statues, Trustee Savings Bank, TSB Bank Scotland, West of Scotland Trustee Savings Bank
Ingram Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACX9 - . This dated editorial view of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Castlegate, Gordon Highlander Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. The locality and subject together evoke contemporary social history, memorial culture, period detail, popular-music heritage, archival record, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, community tribute, changing land use, local remembrance, local character, place identity, documentary photography, and DJ culture. Today's relevance is strengthened by creative industries, local history and the continuing question of how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. The image fixes signage and branding within Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, music memorial, place-based commemoration, everyday life, club-music history, community identity, public realm, and regional music heritage. The recorded references to Gordon, Centre, Castlegate, Aberdeen, and Highlander preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of creative industries and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. A further contemporary connection is grassroots culture and the fragility of local music history when venues and scenes disappear within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The period view preserves evidence of changing use for future local research.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHTC - . George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,. Photographed at George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with tower, spire, Church, Saint Andrews and Saint Georges West Church, George Street, Edinburgh, George St, shops, George IV and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJ0P - . George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,. Photographed at George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with tower, spire, Church, Saint Andrews and Saint Georges West Church, George Street, Edinburgh, George St, shops, George IV and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJ1T - . George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,. Photographed at George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with tower, spire, Church, Saint Andrews and Saint Georges West Church, George Street, Edinburgh, George St, shops, George IV and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
George St, Edinburgh EH2 2HN, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BE34DX - Alexander (356 BC“323 BC) and Bucephalus (c.355 BC“326 BC)
John Steell (1804“1891)
City Chambers High Street, Edinburgh
A draped standing figure of Alexander holding onto his horse Bucephalus which is unharnessed and rearing. The satue is on a corniced, bow-ended ashlar plinth. It was moved from St Andrew Square to its present site in 1916.
Title
Alexander (356 BC“323 BC) and Bucephalus (c.355 BC“326 BC)
Date
1832“1883
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Plinth: H 340 x W 240 x D 220 cm
Accession number
EH1_GB_S006
Acquisition method
paid for by public subscription
Work type
Equestrian
City Chambers, High Street, Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Old Town, Scotland,UK, EH1 1YJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC7WY - Famous equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow city centre wears an orange traffic cone, continuing one of Scotland's best-known examples of irreverent urban humour. Sculpted by Italian-born Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844, the bronze monument depicts Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, mounted on his horse Copenhagen and stands outside Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art at Royal Exchange Square. The statue is now Category A listed, but since at least the early 1980s members of the public, frequently associated in popular accounts with students, revellers and Glasgow nightlife, have repeatedly climbed the monument and placed a road cone on Wellington's head. The exact first coning is difficult to prove, so claims that one particular student invented the tradition should be treated cautiously. What began as a prank developed into an unofficial Glasgow institution, celebrated as an expression of the city's cheeky, anti-pomp and distinctly Glaswegian sense of humour. Council staff and police repeatedly removed cones, only for replacements to appear, sometimes within hours. The repeated cycle became expensive and increasingly futile. In 2013 Glasgow City Council proposed spending about £65,000 altering and raising the plinth to make the statue harder to climb, arguing that regular cone removal cost around £100 each time and risked damage to the historic monument. The attempt backfired spectacularly. More than 10,000 people signed an online petition opposing the scheme, while a Save the Cone campaign attracted tens of thousands of supporters. Faced with the public reaction, the council withdrew the proposal. The cone consequently survived official attempts to suppress it and evolved from supposed vandalism into an internationally recognised Glasgow emblem. Banksy later cited the permanently coned Wellington as a reason for choosing GoMA for his 2023 exhibition,while Glasgow Life now describes the self-perpetuating cone as an iconic part of the city
Royal Exchange Square, Queen Street at Ingram Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
