Council Approves sale of Bouchardon Bust
November 18 2024
Picture: ross-shirejournal.co.uk
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Regular readers of AHN will remember the ongoing story relating to the attempts by Highland Council to sell off a bust of Sir John Gordon by Bouchardon which was discovered in their collection back in 1998. It is the intention of the council that money resulting from its sale would be put forwards a 'Invergordon Common Good Fund', and a 'high quality replica' put in its place.
The most recent update, as reported in the Ross-shire Journal, are as follows:
Members of the Black Isle and Easter Ross area committee voted in May to pursue the sale, which was rubber stamped by a full council meeting a month later.
That vote followed public consultation over the plans which drew dozens of responses - with 48 of the 70 received being in favour of the sale despite strong criticism from some quarters.
And last Thursday [14th November 2024] the council applied to Tain Sheriff Court for formal approval to sell the bust under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
We'll wait and see how this story progresses.
