Heriot-Watt College
Foundation date: 1821
Function: Technical college (art school)
Policy: Included a department for instruction in art and its applications to the industries.
History or description: Classes in machine and building construction, geometrical and architectural drawing, including lectures and demonstrations on the practice of ornament and decoration.
Institutional and Business Connections
Amalgamated with The School of Applied Art (Edinburgh)
Incorporated into Watt Institution and School of Arts
1880
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Citing this record
'Heriot-Watt College', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib6_1231431052, accessed 08 Mar 2021]
