A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Wyllie
Alternative Surname
First Name
James, of Aberdeen
Initial of Surname
W
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1753-54
Year of Death
Biographical Details
In 1753 he was paid 5 guineas for making a niche at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen to house John Cheere’s statue of Robert Gordon. In 1763 he was the master-mason building the West Kirk under James Gibbs, also in Aberdeen. The Strachan monument is a ‘pretty tablet’.
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