Bassey Was Here

Bassey was the cart horse that carried every one of the 2,835 stone blocks [2083 tons] that built Bell Rock Lighthouse, drawing stone from quarry to the masons’ yard and then again to the pier at Arbroath over three seasons. Bassey died in 1818. Her skeleton was donated to the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. It was later transferred to the Bell Pettigrew museum, St. Andrews, where it resides suspended on strings inside a glass case. Bassey is at last at rest, light as air and without any burden other than the sunlight that falls on and through her bones.

Framed Size: 64x52x4cm