 | Electronic journals - 1866 - 618 pages
...7 years ; and John, aged 9 years. " This stone is erected to their memory, by their only torviving son, David Roberts, Member of the Royal Academy of...which in their own conduct they placed before him daring his early years." WRC TEMPLE BAR. — As this last of the City gates, at which kings have knocked,... | |
 | Cumberland Hill - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1887 - 174 pages
...AGED 2 YEARS ; ALEXANDER, AGED 7 YEARS J AND JOHN, AGED 9 YEARS. THIS STONE IS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY BY THEIR ONLY SURVIVING SON, DAVID ROBERTS, MEMBER...conduct, They placed before him during his early years. The inscription, recording the fact that his father was a shoemaker in Stockbridge, is a touching instance... | |
 | Old Edinburgh Club - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1923 - 350 pages
...CHRISTIAN RITCHIE (died 1845), his wife, the parents of David Roberts, RA, who erected the stone and who ' gratefully attributes much of his happiness...conduct they placed before him during his early years.' David Roberts received the freedom of his native city (Edinburgh) in 1858. Perhaps the best local example... | |
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Alexander, aged 7 years ; and John, aged 9 years. " This stone is erected to their memory, by their only surviving son, David Roberts, Member of' the Royal Academy of Arts, London, who gratefully attributes much of his happiness and success in life to... 