Father Clyde on the Clydesdale Bank Building on Saint Vincent Place in Glasgow. I love the fish poking out of his beard, and the pair in his hair holding up a ring. It was sculpted by Charles Grassby in the 1870s.

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Father Clyde on the Clydesdale Bank Building on Saint Vincent Place in Glasgow. I love the fish poking out of his beard, and the pair in his hair holding up a ring. It was sculpted by Charles Grassby in the 1870s.

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This is a rather beautiful bit of sculptutal work over the main entrance to John Burnet Senior's Venetian Renaissnace style former Clydesdale Bank headquarters on St Vincent Place in Glasgow.

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The main pediment of the 1880s Clyde Navigation Trust building on Roberston Street in Glasgow, featuring Father Clyde sitting on a throne flanked by figures representing the eastern and western hemispheres bringing their merchandise to him.

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The central head is a representation of Father Clyde, and was sculpted by Charles Grassby.

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Above him, Poseidon stands on a boat being pulled by two sea horses, while emerging from between these sea horse is Poseidon's son, the merman Trition.

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