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

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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. 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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Father Clyde on the Clydesdale Bank Building on Saint Vincent Place. 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 a keystone on John Gibson's 1840s National Bank of Scotland Building (which is now Langside Hall). I particularly like the detail of the fish with rings in their mouths on his headress.

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The main pediment of the 1880s Clyde Navigation Trust building on Roberston Street in Glasgow.

Carved by John Mossman, it features Father Clyde sitting on a throne flanked by figures representing the eastern and western hemispheres bringing their merchandise to him.

Above is the figure of Poseidon standing on a boat being pulled by two sea horses. Emerging from between these sea horse is the merman Trition, Poseidon's son.

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I love this 1860s keystone head by Charles Grassby over the entrance to the former Junior Conservative Club on West George Street in Glasgow.

I can't find any record of what it represents, but the fish on his head and the anchor entwined in his beard suggest it could be Father Clyde, the mythological embodiment of the river on which Glasgow's fortune was built.

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Father Clyde on the Clydebank 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. These were details I only noticed when looking back at the photograph.

Such representations of the Clyde and other rivers seem to be relatively common on keystones of Glasgow buildings.

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