Excerpt from Psalm 8 in Latin

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/1932B
• Dates of Creation:1913-1917
• Name of Creator:
  Wilson, Jessie Dunlop McCulloch
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Excerpt from Psalm 8 written in Latin. First letter of most lines omitted.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Jessie Dunlop McCulloch Wilson was born on 24th January 1888 in Cupar, Fife. She was the daughter of Gavin Laurie Wilson, a draper and clothier, and Janet McCulloch. After her mother's death, his father re-married to Alison Johnston Russell, and the family settled in Netherfield, Newton (Fife). Between those two marriages, Jessie D. Mc. Wilson had two brothers, one half-brother and two half-sisters.
  Jessie Dunlop McCulloch Wilson was a day student at The Glasgow School of Art from session 1912/13 to session 1916/17. She studied mostly Drawing & Painting, but also Modelling & Sculpture and Design. During most of her time as a student she listed her address as 488 Cathedral Street. She was awarded the Diploma in Design & Decorative Art by The Glasgow School of Art in session 1916/17.
  During September 1916, her half-brother Gavin Arthur Wilson enrolled to the 14th London Regiment, London Scottish Battalion in a Short Service for the duration of War. While serving in France, he died on the 31st August 1918 at the 46th Casualty Clearing Station in Bac-du-Sud, Bailleulval (Pas-de-Calais), where he is interred at the British Cemetery. He was 19 years old and had attained the rank of Lance Corporal.
  If you have any more information, please get in touch.
  Sources:
  * Ancestry Website: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
  * Lawrie Family Genealogy Website: http://www.susansite.org/ancestors/laurie_016.php#Janet_McCulloch
  * Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery Website: http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000/BAC-DU-SUD%20BRITISH%20CEMETERY,%20BAILLEULVAL

• Acquisition Information

  Donated by Lesley Heming in April 2018. Accession number JAC/257.

• Note

  Jessie Dunlop McCulloch Wilson was born on 24th January 1888 in Cupar, Fife. She was the daughter of Gavin Laurie Wilson, a draper and clothier, and Janet McCulloch. After her mother's death, his father re-married to Alison Johnston Russell, and the family settled in Netherfield, Newton (Fife). Between those two marriages, Jessie D. Mc. Wilson had two brothers, one half-brother and two half-sisters.
  Jessie Dunlop McCulloch Wilson was a day student at The Glasgow School of Art from session 1912/13 to session 1916/17. She studied mostly Drawing & Painting, but also Modelling & Sculpture and Design. During most of her time as a student she listed her address as 488 Cathedral Street. She was awarded the Diploma in Design & Decorative Art by The Glasgow School of Art in session 1916/17.
  During September 1916, her half-brother Gavin Arthur Wilson enrolled to the 14th London Regiment, London Scottish Battalion in a Short Service for the duration of War. While serving in France, he died on the 31st August 1918 at the 46th Casualty Clearing Station in Bac-du-Sud, Bailleulval (Pas-de-Calais), where he is interred at the British Cemetery. He was 19 years old and had attained the rank of Lance Corporal.
  If you have any more information, please get in touch.
  Sources:
  * Ancestry Website: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
  * Lawrie Family Genealogy Website: http://www.susansite.org/ancestors/laurie_016.php#Janet_McCulloch
  * Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery Website: http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000/BAC-DU-SUD%20BRITISH%20CEMETERY,%20BAILLEULVAL

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Black ink on folded sheet of thick cream-coloured paper. Old English Gothic hand.
  Dimensions: 390 x 286 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Christianity