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Stanley Cursiter speaking about drawing the Cathedral - SMC231


This is an audio clip of one of Dr Stanley Cursiter's early recollections of St Magnus Cathedral. He tells of how he wanted to draw the Cathedral but was chased away!`

Stanley is perhaps Orkney's most famous artist. He painted many pictures of the Cathedral and designed the St Rognvald Chapel in the Cathedral..

This clip is taken from the Ernest Marwick collection in the Orkney Archives. It is one of many recollections by Stanley Cursiter.


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