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Glasgow’s most i-cone-ically enhanced landmark. The Duke…with some added Ginger.
Nobody really cared about this guy until he acquired that hard to lose traffic cone on his head. Now this statue represents the wonderful Glaswegian sense of humour and the authorities have accepted that they can’t win…the public has spoken!
And if that isn’t enough, you may notice some subtle references to the finest non-alcoholic drink on the planet.
The Glasgow Kisses card and print series extends our popular city and architectural illustrations into the wonderful Glesga. Intricately illustrated architecture from iconic sites around the city paired with punchy colour and collage elements.
The Duke of Wellington print arrives with a palette built around a warm, saturated amber-orange, a cool mid-grey, and the crisp off-white of the sketch work, with sharp black line detail and a flash of cobalt blue and red from the traffic cone – a colour combination that is both bold and surprisingly easy to live with. That dominant amber-orange has yellow undertones and a decidedly warm temperature, which means it sings against walls in deep charcoal or slate grey, where the cool tone of the illustration creates a clean complementary contrast. It works equally well against a warm terracotta or burnt-clay wall, where the orange pulls the two surfaces together in an analogous, tonal harmony, and the grey areas of the drawing stop the scheme feeling heavy. For a cooler, more graphic approach, a warm off-white or pale stone wall – nothing too blue – lets the orange and black do the work without competition. The print is a natural fit for a contemporary urban interior, a dry Scottih-tenement-flat kind of space that knows it has good bones and doesn’t over-decorate them. It also suits a modern maximalist scheme, a classic study or home library, and a playful, culture-led living room that takes pride in a good story on the wall. Hang it in a hallway, where it greets visitors with exactly the irreverent wit it depicts, or above a desk where character matters. Part of the Glasgow Kisses collection – an affectionate tribute to the vibrant city’s iconic landmarks, capturing its unique spirit with a dash of whimsy – it pairs naturally with the Kelvingrove, Kibble Palace, and Barrowland prints to build a gallery wall that reads as a genuine love letter to the city. A considered gift for a proud Glaswegian, a Scottish expat, or anyone with an honest sense of humour about public monuments.
Printed on Enhanced Matte art paper using archival pigment inks, this is a smooth, gallery-grade stock with a soft, glare-free surface that a stylist would describe as museum-grade in the way it holds fine line work and flat colour equally well – the sketch detail and the bold orange sit on the same plane without either fighting for attention. That matte finish means the print frames without glare whether you choose a slim black or white modern frame, which flatters the graphic quality of the illustration, or a heavier ornate gilt frame, which leans into the civic-monument subject matter with pleasing irony. The A4 (21 × 29.7 cm) and A3 (29.7 × 42 cm) sizes suit a shelf arrangement or a tightly grouped gallery wall; the A2 (42 × 59.4 cm) holds its own as a standalone piece in a hallway or above a sideboard; the A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm) makes a confident statement in a living room or study; and the A0 (84.1 × 118.9 cm) is sized to anchor a large wall, where the bold amber ground and the scale of the figure command proper attention. This print is also available as a ready-to-hang canvas print at 28 × 40 inches (70 × 100 cm), requiring no frame.
