Pic of the day: The Russell Institute

Designed by the firm Abercrombie & Maitland in 1927, The Russell Institute was donated by Miss Agnes Russell to the city of Paisley to serve as a children’s clinic in memory of her two bachelor brothers, Robert and Thomas. While the architecture itself is striking on its own, Archibald Dawson’s sculptural programme lends a special flair to the building. In addition to the maternal figure and protecting angel over the entry sequence, check out the figures that decorate the areas between the first floor windows: they represent infants holding spectacles, bandages, dental tools, and other aspects of the medical profession. Inspired but creepy.