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List of public art in Edinburgh

This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures.

The Scott Monument

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Playfair's Monument
John Playfair
Calton Hill

55°57′17″N 3°10′59″W / 55.9548°N 3.1830°W / 55.9548; -3.1830 (Playfair's Monument)
1825–1826 William Henry Playfair Square-plan Greek Revival Doric monument Polished ashlar Category A–listed Incorporated in observatory compound wall[1]
 
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Monument to Dugald Stewart Calton Hill

55°57′16″N 3°11′04″W / 55.9545°N 3.1845°W / 55.9545; -3.1845 (Dugald Stewart Monument)
1831 William Henry Playfair Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument Polished ashlar Category A–listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[2]
 
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Monument to Robert Burns Regent Road, Calton Hill

55°57′13″N 3°10′42″W / 55.9535°N 3.1783°W / 55.9535; -3.1783 (Robert Burns Monument)
1831–1839 Thomas Hamilton Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument Ashlar sandstone Category A–listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[3]
 
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Political Martyrs' Monument Old Calton Cemetery

55°57′12″N 3°11′09″W / 55.9534°N 3.1858°W / 55.9534; -3.1858 (Political Martyrs’ Monument)
1844 Thomas Hamilton Obelisk Category A–listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground)
 
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Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument Old Calton Cemetery

55°57′13″N 3°11′10″W / 55.9535°N 3.1861°W / 55.9535; -3.1861 (Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument)
1893 George Edwin Bissell Statue with subsidiary sculpture Bronze figures on red granite pedestal Category A–listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground) Includes a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Stones of Scotland Circle Regent Road Park

55°57′18″N 3°10′28″W / 55.9549°N 3.1745°W / 55.9549; -3.1745 (Stones of Scotland Circle)
2002 George Wyllie et al. Circle of 32 stone slabs/rocks set in white stone chippings Stone Stones from each of Scotland's 32 local authorities; commemorates the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament
  Holodomor Memorial Stone Calton Hill, near Royal Terrace 2017 Memorial Stone Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine in Ukraine, 1932–1933

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Covenanters' Memorial Redford Road

55°54′17″N 3°14′19″W / 55.90468°N 3.238737°W / 55.90468; -3.238737 (Covenanters' Monument)
Erected 1885. Stonework 1738 William Adam (architect of Old Royal Infirmary, 1738) Commemorative column Stone Category B–listed Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary.
  Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson Dell Road, Colinton

55°54′31″N 3°15′23″W / 55.908597°N 3.256297°W / 55.908597; -3.256297 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial)
2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze
Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, Redford Barracks 2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze [4]

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Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour, characters from Kidnapped Corstorphine Road

55°56′42″N 3°14′59″W / 55.94503°N 3.249841°W / 55.94503; -3.249841 (Kidnapped Statue)
2004 Alexander Stoddart Statue pair Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery.
  Gencoo Penguin Edinburgh Zoo
  Statue of Nils Olav Edinburgh Zoo

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Mausoleum of William Henry Miller Craigentinny Crescent

55°57′26″N 3°08′14″W / 55.9571°N 3.1372°W / 55.9571; -3.1372 (Miller Mausoleum)
1848–1856 David Rhind (architect); Alfred Gatley (reliefs) Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture Category A–listed [5]

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  Memorial to Helen Crummy Outside the East Neighbourhood Centre 2014 Tim Chalk Unveiled 21 March 2014 by Richard Demarco.[6]

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  The Cramond Fish Cramond Beach

55°58′47″N 3°17′39″W / 55.979722°N 3.294227°W / 55.979722; -3.294227 (The Cramond Fish)
2009 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite Carved at Cramond Kirk, bought by Cramond community

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Monument to Carl Linnaeus Chilean Area, Royal Botanic Garden

55°58′01″N 3°12′27″W / 55.966842°N 3.207415°W / 55.966842; -3.207415 (Linnaeus Monument)
1778–1779 Robert Adam (architect) Urn on pedestal Category A–listed [7]
  Ascending Form (Gloria) Royal Botanic Garden 1958 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [8]
  Rock Form (Porthcurno) Royal Botanic Garden 1964 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [8]
  Umbra solis Royal Botanic Garden 1975 Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey Sundial Slate [9]
  Slate, Hole, Wall Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy (artist)
Joe Smith (waller)
Sculpture Cumbrian slate [10]
  Cone Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture Ballachulish slate [11]
  Untitled Royal Botanic Garden 1995 Alan Johnston Sculpture Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House.[12]
  East Gates Royal Botanic Garden 1996 Benjamin Tindall (architect)
Alan Dawson (blacksmith)
Gates Stainless steel [13]

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Statue of Robert Burns Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street

55°58′31″N 3°10′00″W / 55.9754°N 3.1668°W / 55.9754; -3.1668 (Robert Burns)
1897–1901 David Watson Stevenson Statue Bronze (statue and reliefs), red granite and red sandstone (pedestal) Category B–listed Unveiled 15 October 1898; additional panels unveiled 7 March 1901.[14]
 
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Statue of Queen Victoria Foot of Leith Walk

55°58′15″N 3°10′18″W / 55.9707°N 3.1717°W / 55.9707; -3.1717 (Queen Victoria)
1907 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze (statue, reliefs and plaques), granite (pedestal) Category B–listed [15][16]
  The Valour of German Culture, or the Kultur Panel 128 Pitt Street 1915 William Baxter Relief Terracotta Represents apparent German atrocities against Belgian civilians in World War I.[17]
  Leith Mural North Junction Street

55°58′25″N 3°10′39″W / 55.9737°N 3.1775°W / 55.9737; -3.1775 (Leith Mural)
1986 Tim Chalk and Paul Grime Mural [18]
  Statue of Sandy Irvine Robertson
(1942–1999)
The Shore

55°58′41″N 3°10′10″W / 55.9780°N 3.16933°W / 55.9780; -3.16933
1999 Lucy Poett Statue sitting on bench Bronze Life-size [19]
  6 Times
(6th figure)
Ocean Terminal

55°59′01″N 3°10′35″W / 55.9836°N 3.17636°W / 55.9836; -3.17636
2010 Antony Gormley Statue Cast iron [20][21]
 
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Scottish Merchant Navy Memorial Tower Place

55°58′41″N 3°10′08″W / 55.97799°N 3.16898°W / 55.97799; -3.16898
2010 Jill Watson Obelisk Sandstone and bronze Unveiled 16 November 2010 by Princess Anne.[22]

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Statue of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square

55°57′16″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9545°N 3.1917°W / 55.9545; -3.1917 (Statue of the Earl of Hopetoun)
1834 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group (with horse) Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth Category A–listed Designed in 1829 as the centrepiece for Charlotte Square, but erected in 1834 at Dundas House.
 
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Monument to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville St Andrew Square

55°57′15″N 3°11′36″W / 55.9542°N 3.1932°W / 55.9542; -3.1932 (Melville Monument)
1817–1823 (column)
1822–1827 (statue)
Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue on Doric column Bronze statue on cream sandstone column Category A–listed Architect: William Burn[23]
 
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Statue of George IV Junction of George Street and Hanover Street

55°57′13″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9535°N 3.1973°W / 55.9535; -3.1973 (Statue of George IV)
1825–1831 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A–listed Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.[24]
 
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Statue of William Pitt the Younger Junction of George Street and Frederick Street

55°57′11″N 3°12′01″W / 55.953°N 3.2004°W / 55.953; -3.2004 (Statue of William Pitt the Younger)
1831–1833 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A–listed
 
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Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort Charlotte Square

55°57′06″N 3°12′28″W / 55.9518°N 3.2077°W / 55.9518; -3.2077 (Albert Memorial)
1862–1876 Sir John Steell et al. Equestrian statue with other sculptures Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal) Category A–listed Architect: David Bryce.
  Monument to Catherine Sinclair Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street

55°57′12″N 3°12′27″W / 55.9532°N 3.2076°W / 55.9532; -3.2076 (Catherine Sinclair Monument)
1866–1868 John Rhind Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type Cream sandstone Category A–listed Architect: David Bryce.[25]
 
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Statue of Thomas Chalmers Junction of George Street and Castle Street

55°57′09″N 3°12′13″W / 55.9525°N 3.2035°W / 55.9525; -3.2035 (Statue of Thomas Chalmers)
1869–1878 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal Category A–listed
 
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King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial North Bridge

55°57′06″N 3°11′17″W / 55.9517°N 3.1881°W / 55.9517; -3.1881 (King's Own Scottish Borderers' Memorial)
1906 William Birnie Rhind Sculptural group Stone Category A–listed
 
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The Manuscript of Monte Cassino Picardy Place 1991 Eduardo Paolozzi Three-part sculpture Bronze Outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral.[26]
 
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Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Picardy Place

55°57′25″N 3°11′12″W / 55.956837°N 3.18675°W / 55.956837; -3.18675 (Statue of Sherlock Holmes)
1991 Gerald Ogilvie Laing Statue (of Sherlock Holmes) Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary.
  Horse~Rider~Eagle Silvermills

55°57′34″N 3°12′15″W / 55.959410°N 3.204204°W / 55.959410; -3.204204 (Horse-Rider-Eagle)
1996 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze Commission by Cala Homes for a housing development ceremonially opened by the actor Robert Hardy in April 1997.
 
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Dreaming Spires outside the Omni Centre, Greenside Place, Leith Walk

55°57′23″N 3°11′10″W / 55.956344°N 3.186225°W / 55.956344; -3.186225 (Dreaming Spires)
2005 Helen Denerley Statues of giraffes Recycled metal, painted Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding.[27] Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base.
 
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Lion of Scotland St Andrew Square

55°57′17″N 3°11′35″W / 55.954623°N 3.193084°W / 55.954623; -3.193084 (Lion of Scotland)
2006 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.[28]
 
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Statue of James Clerk Maxwell George Street

55°57′15″N 3°11′40″W / 55.954053°N 3.194381°W / 55.954053; -3.194381 (Statue of James Clerk Maxwell)
2006–2008 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal Unveiled 25 November 2008.[29]

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  Gulliver in Edinburgh Jimmy Boyle Land art Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences.

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Statue of Charles II Parliament Square

55°56′57″N 3°11′26″W / 55.9492°N 3.1905°W / 55.9492; -3.1905 (Statue of Charles II)
1685 Workshop of Grinling Gibbons Equestrian statue Lead statue on ashlar pedestal Category A–listed The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne's original.[30]
 
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Alexander and Bucephalus Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street

55°57′00″N 3°11′25″W / 55.9501°N 3.1903°W / 55.9501; -3.1903 (Alexander and Bucephalus)
1829–1833 (cast 1883) Sir John Steell Sculptural group Bronze group on ashlar pedestal Category A–listed Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square in 1916.[31]
 
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Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′52″W / 55.9489°N 3.1979°W / 55.9489; -3.1979 (Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany)
1837 Thomas Campbell Statue Bronze (statue and pedestal) Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. [32]
 
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78th Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′49″W / 55.9490°N 3.1969°W / 55.9490; -3.1969 (78th Highlanders Memorial)
1861 S. Hunter (carver); Messrs Sutherland (masonic work) Celtic cross Dark stone Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)[33]
 
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Greyfriars Bobby Fountain George IV Bridge, near Greyfriars Kirk

55°56′49″N 3°11′29″W / 55.9469°N 3.1913°W / 55.9469; -3.1913 (Greyfriars Bobby Fountain)
1873 William Brodie Drinking fountain with statuette Bronze (statuette and plaques); red granite (plinth and basins) Category A–listed [34]
 
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Monument to Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W / 55.9489; -3.1974 (Colonel Mackenzie Monument)
1875 Sir John Steell Celtic cross Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. [35]
 
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Fame (or Nike), Prosperity and Plenty Bank of Scotland, Bank Street c. 1878 Attributed to John Rhind Architectural sculpture Category A–listed [36]
72nd Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′53″W / 55.9489°N 3.1981°W / 55.9489; -3.1981 (72nd Highlanders Memorial)
1882–1883 MacDonald, Field & Co. Obelisk Pink Peterhead granite and bronze Category C(S)–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. [37]
 
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Mercat Cross Parliament Square

55°56′59″N 3°11′25″W / 55.9497°N 3.1902°W / 55.9497; -3.1902 (Mercat Cross)
1885 Sydney Mitchell and George Arthur (architects); John Rhind (sculptor) Mercat cross Hermand sandstone Category A–listed [38]
 
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Queensberry Memorial
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
West Parliament Square

55°56′58″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9495°N 3.1917°W / 55.9495; -3.1917 (Queensberry Memorial)
1885–1888 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration Category A–listed Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson[39]
 
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Statue of William Chambers Chambers Street

55°56′51″N 3°11′23″W / 55.94738°N 3.18979°W / 55.94738; -3.18979 (William Chambers)
1888–1891 John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal) Category B–listed Architect: Hippolyte Blanc[40]
 
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Witches' Well
Women accused of witchcraft executed nearby
Castlehill

55°56′56″N 3°11′47″W / 55.94890°N 3.19643°W / 55.94890; -3.19643 (Witches' Well)
1894 John Duncan Memorial drinking fountain with plaque Bronze ?
 
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Statue of John Knox New College Quadrangle

55°56′59″N 3°11′42″W / 55.9496°N 3.1951°W / 55.9496; -3.1951 (Statue of John Knox)
1896 John Hutchison Statue Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal) Category C(S)–listed [41]
 
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Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W / 55.9489; -3.1974 (Scottish Horse Memorial)
1905–1910 Stewart McGlashan and Son Celtic cross Pink granite Category C(S)–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. [42]
 
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Black Watch Boer War Memorial The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street

55°57′00″N 3°11′40″W / 55.9501°N 3.1945°W / 55.9501; -3.1945 (Black Watch Memorial)
1908–1910 William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal) Category A–listed [43]
  Statue of Edward VII Holyrood Palace forecourt

55°57′10″N 3°10′25″W / 55.9529°N 3.1736°W / 55.9529; -3.1736 (Statue of Edward VII)
1922 Henry Snell Gamley Statue Bronze statue on stone pedestal Part of Category A–listed group [44][45]
 
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Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle

55°56′56″N 3°12′06″W / 55.948862°N 3.201779°W / 55.948862; -3.201779 (Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig)
1923 George Edward Wade Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth Category B–listed Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011
 
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Statue of Robert the Bruce Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948551°N 3.198598°W / 55.948551; -3.198598 (Statue of Robert Bruce)
1929 Thomas John Clapperton Statue in niche Bronze Category A–listed (with gatehouse) Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce's death. Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer.[46]
 
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Statue of William Wallace Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948577°N 3.198598°W / 55.948577; -3.198598 (Statue of William Wallace)
1929 Alexander Carrick Statue in niche Bronze Category A–listed (with gatehouse) Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer
  Covenanters' Memorial Grassmarket

55°56′52″N 3°11′41″W / 55.947827°N 3.194772°W / 55.947827; -3.194772 (Covenanters' Memorial)
1937 Raised circle in pavement Red and grey granite setts Category C(S)–listed [47]
 
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Statue of David Hume Outside Court House, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile

55°56′58″N 3°11′33″W / 55.94956°N 3.192625°W / 55.94956; -3.192625 (Statue of David Hume)
1995–1997 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
 
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Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen James' Court, off Lawnmarket (Royal Mile)

55°56′58″N 3°11′39″W / 55.949548°N 3.19422°W / 55.949548; -3.19422 (Zannah Stephen Memorial)
2000 Frances Pelly Sculpture on stepped plinth Bronze [48]
 
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Statue of Adam Smith outside St Giles' Cathedral

55°56′59″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949764°N 3.190069°W / 55.949764; -3.190069 (Statue of Adam Smith)
2003–2008 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
 
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Statue of Robert Fergusson outside the Kirk of the Canongate

55°57′06″N 3°10′46″W / 55.951574°N 3.179363°W / 55.951574; -3.179363 (Statue of Robert Fergusson)
2004 David Annand Statue Bronze
 
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Statue of James Braidwood Parliament Square

55°56′58″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949495°N 3.190013°W / 55.949495; -3.190013 (Statue of James Braidwood)
2006–2008 Kenny Mackay Statue Bronze
 
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Work No. 1059 The Scotsman Steps

55°57′04″N 3°11′19″W / 55.951215°N 3.188660°W / 55.951215; -3.188660 (Scotsman Steps)
2011 Martin Creed Installation Marble Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery.[49]
 
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Statue of William Henry Playfair Chambers Street

55°56′51″N 3°11′20″W / 55.94757°N 3.18893°W / 55.94757; -3.18893 (Statue of William Henry Playfair)
2016 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze

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  Coade Stone Pillars Portobello Promenade

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Statue of Sir Walter Scott Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′09″N 3°11′36″W / 55.952399°N 3.193304°W / 55.952399; -3.193304 (Scott Monument)
1848 (installed) Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A–listed Architect: George Meikle Kemp.[50]
 
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington General Register House, Princes Street

55°57′13″N 3°11′21″W / 55.9535°N 3.1892°W / 55.9535; -3.1892 (Duke of Wellington)
1848–1852 Sir John Steell Equestrian statue Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal) Category A–listed Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.[51]
 
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Statue of Allan Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′06″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9517°N 3.1973°W / 55.9517; -3.1973 (Allan Ramsay)
1850 Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A–listed Architect: David Bryce (1865).[52]
 
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The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′04″N 3°11′54″W / 55.9510°N 3.1983°W / 55.9510; -3.1983 (Genius of Architecture group)
1862 William Brodie Sculptural group Marble Category B–listed
 
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Ross Fountain West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′00″N 3°12′11″W / 55.95005°N 3.202994°W / 55.95005; -3.202994 (Ross Fountain)
1862–1872 Jean-Baptiste Klagmann Fountain with sculptures Gilt cast iron Category A–listed Architects: Peddie and Kinnear.[53]
 
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Statue of John Wilson East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′08″N 3°11′42″W / 55.9521°N 3.1951°W / 55.9521; -3.1951 (John Wilson)
1863–1865 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on ashlar plinth Category A–listed Architect: David Bryce.[54]
 
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Statue of David Livingstone East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′09″N 3°11′34″W / 55.9525°N 3.1927°W / 55.9525; -3.1927 (David Livingstone)
1875–1876 Amelia Robertson Hill Statue Bronze statue on stone plinth Category A–listed
 
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Statue of Adam Black East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′08″N 3°11′40″W / 55.9522°N 3.1944°W / 55.9522; -3.1944 (Adam Black)
1876–1877 John Hutchison Statue Bronze Category A–listed
 
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Statue of Sir James Young Simpson West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′01″N 3°12′18″W / 55.9504°N 3.2050°W / 55.9504; -3.2050 (James Young Simpson)
1877 William Brodie Statue Bronze Category B–listed
 
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Memorial to Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens, behind the church of St John the Evangelist

55°57′01″N 3°12′21″W / 55.950264°N 3.205931°W / 55.950264; -3.205931 (Dean Ramsay Memorial)
1877–1879 Robert Rowand Anderson Celtic cross Granite with bronze reliefs Category A–listed (with church)
 
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Royal Scots Greys Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′05″N 3°11′58″W / 55.9514°N 3.1994°W / 55.9514; -3.1994 (Royal Scots Greys Memorial)
1906 William Birnie Rhind Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rock plinth Category B–listed Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery.[55]
 
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Statue of Thomas Guthrie West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°12′09″W / 55.9508°N 3.2026°W / 55.9508; -3.2026 (Thomas Guthrie)
1907–1910 Frederick William Pomeroy Statue Portland stone statue and pedestal Category B–listed
 
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Scottish American Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′02″N 3°12′07″W / 55.950556°N 3.201944°W / 55.950556; -3.201944 (Scots American War Memorial)
1923–1927 Robert Tait McKenzie Screen with relief and statue in front Stone (screen and pedestal), bronze (reliefs and statue) Category B–listed Unveiled 7 September 1927. Architect: Reginald Fairlie.[56]
 
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Royal Scots Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′04″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9511°N 3.1973°W / 55.9511; -3.1973 (Royal Scots Memorial)
1948–1952 Sir Frank Charles Mears et al. Enclosure of standing stones Stone with bronze plaques Category B–listed Unveiled 26 July 1952 by Princess Mary, Colonel in Chief of the Regiment.[57]
 
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Norwegian War Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′01″N 3°12′08″W / 55.9502°N 3.2021°W / 55.9502; -3.2021 (Norwegian War Memorial)
1978 Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones
  Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′00″N 3°12′08″W / 55.9500°N 3.2023°W / 55.9500; -3.2023 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial)
1987–1989 Ian Hamilton Finlay Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees Flagstone Category A–listed Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.[58]
  Spanish Brigade Memorial East Princes Street Gardens 1988 Commemorative stone
 
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Bum the Dog (of San Diego) West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance

55°56′54″N 3°12′12″W / 55.948417°N 3.203388°W / 55.948417; -3.203388 (Bum the dog (of San Diego))
2008 Jessica McCain Statue Bronze Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society
 
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Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°12′07″W / 55.950833°N 3.202028°W / 55.950833; -3.202028 (Wojtek, the Soldier Bear Memorial)
2015 Alan Herriot Sculptural group Bronze on granite base
  Lulla-Bye (Children's Memorial) West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°11′55″W / 55.950939°N 3.198579°W / 55.950939; -3.198579 (Lulla-Bye, The Children’s Memoriall)
2019 Andy Scott Sculpture Bronze 8ft (2.4m) Cast by Powderhall Bronze; gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Riccarton edit

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
  Statue of James Watt Heriot Watt Campus

55°54′33″N 3°19′12″W / 55.90930°N 3.32003°W / 55.90930; -3.32003 (Statue of James Watt)
1854 Peter Slater
after Sir Francis Chantrey
Statue Bronze Moved from Chambers Street, Edinburgh

South Gyle edit

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
  The Wealth of Nations Redheughs Avenue 1993 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Cast metal Features a quotation from Albert Einstein
Pigeon South Gyle Crescent Statue Cast metal
Seagull South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal
Bird South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal
Concrete Jungle Gyle Centre 1994 Alan Watson Sculpture Concrete
Stacked Shades Gyle Centre 1994 Marion Smith Sculpture
Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1994 Sylvia Stewart Sculpture Information plaque missing
  Veil Gyle Centre 1994 Jake Kempsall Sculpture
Fossil Tree Gyle Centre 1994 Bill Scott Sculpture
Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1990s Ian Hamilton Finlay Sculpture Arcade of pillars
  Scottish Writers Edinburgh Park 1990s various Herms 12 herms of Scottish poets

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Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
  Runestone U 1173 Adjacent to 50 George Square

55°56′27″N 3°11′12″W / 55.9409°N 3.1866°W / 55.9409; -3.1866 (Runestone)
1010–1050 c. 1010–1050 ? Runestone Granite Originally from Uppland, Sweden, the stone was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787.[59]
 
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Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers Lauriston Place

55°56′43″N 3°11′28″W / 55.9453°N 3.1911°W / 55.9453; -3.1911 (Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers)
1840s George Smith (pillars); Alexander Handyside Ritchie (unicorns) Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns Stone Category B–listed [60]
  Statue of David Brewster Opposite Joseph Black building, at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria)
1877 William Brodie Sculpture 55°55′27″N 3°10′34″W / 55.9242226°N 3.1762067°W / 55.9242226; -3.1762067 (Statue of David Brewster) [61]
  Melville Drive (east end) Ornamental Pillars Melville Drive (east end)

55°56′25″N 3°11′00″W / 55.9403°N 3.1833°W / 55.9403; -3.1833 (Melville Drive pillars)
1880 John Lessels Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts – lion on N, unicorn on S Polished ashlar Category B–listed Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons.[62]
  Memorial to Archbishop Archibald Tait Old Medical School, Teviot Place

55°56′41″N 3°11′26″W / 55.944818°N 3.19043°W / 55.944818; -3.19043 (Archbishop Tait Memorial)
1884–1885 Mario Raggi Bust in columned niche Bronze Category A–listed (with Old Medical School) Unveiled 27 February 1885. Marks the site of Tait's birthplace.[63]
 
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Brass Founders' Pillar Nicolson Square

55°56′46″N 3°11′07″W / 55.9460°N 3.1854°W / 55.9460; -3.1854 (Brassfounders' Pillar)
1886 Sir James Gowans (column); John Stevenson Rhind (statuette) Statuette on pillar Bronze statuette and column on granite base Category B–listed Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886,[64] where it won a gold medal
  Masons' Pillars Melville Drive (west end)

55°56′31″N 3°12′01″W / 55.9420°N 3.2003°W / 55.9420; -3.2003 (Masons' Pillars)
1886 Sir James Gowans Pair of octagonal pillars, surmounted by unicorns Stone (from 17 different quarries) Category B–listed. Part of B group with Sundial Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition.[65]
  Prince Albert Victor Sundial West Meadows Park

55°56′30″N 3°11′56″W / 55.9418°N 3.1988°W / 55.9418; -3.1988 (Sundial)
1886 Sir James Gowans Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere Stone (from 10 different quarries) Category B–listed. Part of B group with Masons' Pillars Erected in commemoration of the opening of the Edinburgh International Exhibition on 6 May 1886 by Prince Albert Victor.[66]
 
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McEwan Lantern Pillar Bristo Square

55°56′43″N 3°11′20″W / 55.945346°N 3.188812°W / 55.945346; -3.188812 (McEwan Lantern Pillar)
1890 c. 1890 Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp Portland stone and cast iron Category B–listed. Part of A group with McEwan Hall [67]
 
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Rhinoceros head
Jim Haynes
Informatics Forum, Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) William Darrell Architectural sculpture Bronze [68]
  The Haynes Nano-stage
Jim Haynes
Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) David Forsyth Sculpture Stainless steel [68]
 
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Egeria Originally outside the Michael Swann building; now outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria)
12 March 1997 (unveiled) Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze [69] Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings.[70]
  Parthenope Outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria)
12 March 1997 (unveiled) Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze [69][70]
  The Dreamer Memorial to Dr. Winifred Rushforth, OBE George Square Gardens 1997 Chris Hall Stone Unveiled by Prince Charles
Your Next Breath Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

55°56′48″N 3°11′05″W / 55.94666°N 3.18482°W / 55.94666; -3.18482 (Your Next Breath)
2022 Kenny Hunter Sculpture Bronze Dedicated to NHS workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Received the 2023 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.[71][72]

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Hygeia St Bernard's Well

55°57′19″N 3°12′41″W / 55.9553°N 3.2115°W / 55.9553; -3.2115 (St Bernard's Well)
1888 David Watson Stevenson Statue Category A–listed [73]

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Statue of Edward VII Victoria Park, Newhaven Road

55°58′31″N 3°11′28″W / 55.9752°N 3.1910°W / 55.9752; -3.1910 (King Edward VII)
1914 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze (statue); stone (pedestal) Category B–listed Erected by Leith Town Council.[74]

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Statue of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Melville Crescent

55°56′59″N 3°12′50″W / 55.9497°N 3.2139°W / 55.9497; -3.2139 (Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville)
1857 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal Category A–listed
 
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Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone Coates Crescent Gardens

55°56′55″N 3°12′44″W / 55.9485°N 3.2123°W / 55.9485; -3.2123 (Gladstone Memorial)
1902–1916 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray Statue with other sculptures Bronze statues on granite pedestals Category A–listed Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955.[75]
 
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Woman and Child Festival Square, Lothian Road

55°56′49″N 3°12′22″W / 55.9469°N 3.2062°W / 55.9469; -3.2062 (Woman and Child)
1985–1986 Anne Davidson Sculptural group Bronze Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty. Dedicated to "all those killed or imprisoned for their stand against apartheid".[76]
  First Conundrum Festival Square, Lothian Road

55°56′49″N 3°12′25″W / 55.947049°N 3.206943°W / 55.947049; -3.206943 (First Conundrum)
Remco de Fouw Sculptural group Stone
 
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Horse & Rider Rutland Court

55°56′53″N 3°12′31″W / 55.948145°N 3.208686°W / 55.948145; -3.208686 (Horse & Rider)
1993 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of a percent for art scheme.

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
  La Vierge d'Alsace
(The Virgin of Alsace)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1919–1921 Antoine Bourdelle Statue Bronze [77]
 
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Reclining Figure Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 1951 Henry Moore Sculpture Bronze (sculpture and pedestal) [78]
 
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Master of the Universe Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1989 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze [79]
 
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Landform Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2001 Charles Jencks Land art [80]
  Macduff Circle Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 2002 Richard Long Land art Slate [81]
  6 Times
(1st figure)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2010 Antony Gormley Statue

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External links edit

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This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2022 This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh including statues and other sculptures The Scott Monument Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Contents 1 Calton Hill 2 Colinton 3 Corstorphine 4 Craigentinny 5 Craigmillar 6 Cramond 7 Inverleith 8 Leith 9 New Town 10 Niddrie 11 Old Town 12 Portobello 13 Princes Street 14 Riccarton 15 South Gyle 16 Southside 17 Stockbridge 18 Trinity 19 West End 19 1 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 20 References 21 External linksCalton Hill editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Playfair s MonumentJohn Playfair Calton Hill 55 57 17 N 3 10 59 W 55 9548 N 3 1830 W 55 9548 3 1830 Playfair s Monument 1825 1826 William Henry Playfair Square plan Greek Revival Doric monument Polished ashlar Category A listed Incorporated in observatory compound wall 1 nbsp More images Monument to Dugald Stewart Calton Hill 55 57 16 N 3 11 04 W 55 9545 N 3 1845 W 55 9545 3 1845 Dugald Stewart Monument 1831 William Henry Playfair Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument Polished ashlar Category A listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens 2 nbsp More images Monument to Robert Burns Regent Road Calton Hill 55 57 13 N 3 10 42 W 55 9535 N 3 1783 W 55 9535 3 1783 Robert Burns Monument 1831 1839 Thomas Hamilton Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument Ashlar sandstone Category A listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens 3 nbsp More images Political Martyrs Monument Old Calton Cemetery 55 57 12 N 3 11 09 W 55 9534 N 3 1858 W 55 9534 3 1858 Political Martyrs Monument 1844 Thomas Hamilton Obelisk Category A listed as part of Old Calton Burial Ground nbsp More images Scottish American Soldiers Monument Old Calton Cemetery 55 57 13 N 3 11 10 W 55 9535 N 3 1861 W 55 9535 3 1861 Scottish American Soldiers Monument 1893 George Edwin Bissell Statue with subsidiary sculpture Bronze figures on red granite pedestal Category A listed as part of Old Calton Burial Ground Includes a statue of Abraham Lincoln Stones of Scotland Circle Regent Road Park 55 57 18 N 3 10 28 W 55 9549 N 3 1745 W 55 9549 3 1745 Stones of Scotland Circle 2002 George Wyllie et al Circle of 32 stone slabs rocks set in white stone chippings Stone Stones from each of Scotland s 32 local authorities commemorates the re establishment of the Scottish Parliament nbsp Holodomor Memorial Stone Calton Hill near Royal Terrace 2017 Memorial Stone Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine in Ukraine 1932 1933Colinton editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Covenanters Memorial Redford Road 55 54 17 N 3 14 19 W 55 90468 N 3 238737 W 55 90468 3 238737 Covenanters Monument Erected 1885 Stonework 1738 William Adam architect of Old Royal Infirmary 1738 Commemorative column Stone Category B listed Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary nbsp Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson Dell Road Colinton 55 54 31 N 3 15 23 W 55 908597 N 3 256297 W 55 908597 3 256297 Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial 2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming Redford Barracks 2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze 4 Corstorphine editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour characters from Kidnapped Corstorphine Road 55 56 42 N 3 14 59 W 55 94503 N 3 249841 W 55 94503 3 249841 Kidnapped Statue 2004 Alexander Stoddart Statue pair Bronze figures Sandstone pedestal Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery nbsp Gencoo Penguin Edinburgh Zoo nbsp Statue of Nils Olav Edinburgh ZooCraigentinny editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Mausoleum of William Henry Miller Craigentinny Crescent 55 57 26 N 3 08 14 W 55 9571 N 3 1372 W 55 9571 3 1372 Miller Mausoleum 1848 1856 David Rhind architect Alfred Gatley reliefs Mausoleum with bas relief sculpture Category A listed 5 Craigmillar editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp Memorial to Helen Crummy Outside the East Neighbourhood Centre 2014 Tim Chalk Unveiled 21 March 2014 by Richard Demarco 6 Cramond editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp The Cramond Fish Cramond Beach 55 58 47 N 3 17 39 W 55 979722 N 3 294227 W 55 979722 3 294227 The Cramond Fish 2009 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite Carved at Cramond Kirk bought by Cramond communityInverleith editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Monument to Carl Linnaeus Chilean Area Royal Botanic Garden 55 58 01 N 3 12 27 W 55 966842 N 3 207415 W 55 966842 3 207415 Linnaeus Monument 1778 1779 Robert Adam architect Urn on pedestal Category A listed 7 nbsp Ascending Form Gloria Royal Botanic Garden 1958 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze 8 nbsp Rock Form Porthcurno Royal Botanic Garden 1964 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze 8 nbsp Umbra solis Royal Botanic Garden 1975 Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey Sundial Slate 9 nbsp Slate Hole Wall Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy artist Joe Smith waller Sculpture Cumbrian slate 10 nbsp Cone Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture Ballachulish slate 11 nbsp Untitled Royal Botanic Garden 1995 Alan Johnston Sculpture Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein Inverleith House 12 nbsp East Gates Royal Botanic Garden 1996 Benjamin Tindall architect Alan Dawson blacksmith Gates Stainless steel 13 Leith editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of Robert Burns Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street 55 58 31 N 3 10 00 W 55 9754 N 3 1668 W 55 9754 3 1668 Robert Burns 1897 1901 David Watson Stevenson Statue Bronze statue and reliefs red granite and red sandstone pedestal Category B listed Unveiled 15 October 1898 additional panels unveiled 7 March 1901 14 nbsp More images Statue of Queen Victoria Foot of Leith Walk 55 58 15 N 3 10 18 W 55 9707 N 3 1717 W 55 9707 3 1717 Queen Victoria 1907 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze statue reliefs and plaques granite pedestal Category B listed 15 16 nbsp The Valour of German Culture or the Kultur Panel 128 Pitt Street 1915 William Baxter Relief Terracotta Represents apparent German atrocities against Belgian civilians in World War I 17 nbsp Leith Mural North Junction Street 55 58 25 N 3 10 39 W 55 9737 N 3 1775 W 55 9737 3 1775 Leith Mural 1986 Tim Chalk and Paul Grime Mural 18 nbsp Statue of Sandy Irvine Robertson 1942 1999 The Shore 55 58 41 N 3 10 10 W 55 9780 N 3 16933 W 55 9780 3 16933 1999 Lucy Poett Statue sitting on bench Bronze Life size 19 nbsp 6 Times 6th figure Ocean Terminal 55 59 01 N 3 10 35 W 55 9836 N 3 17636 W 55 9836 3 17636 2010 Antony Gormley Statue Cast iron 20 21 nbsp More images Scottish Merchant Navy Memorial Tower Place 55 58 41 N 3 10 08 W 55 97799 N 3 16898 W 55 97799 3 16898 2010 Jill Watson Obelisk Sandstone and bronze Unveiled 16 November 2010 by Princess Anne 22 New Town editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of John Hope 4th Earl of Hopetoun Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland St Andrew Square 55 57 16 N 3 11 30 W 55 9545 N 3 1917 W 55 9545 3 1917 Statue of the Earl of Hopetoun 1834 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group with horse Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth Category A listed Designed in 1829 as the centrepiece for Charlotte Square but erected in 1834 at Dundas House nbsp More images Monument to Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville St Andrew Square 55 57 15 N 3 11 36 W 55 9542 N 3 1932 W 55 9542 3 1932 Melville Monument 1817 1823 column 1822 1827 statue Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue on Doric column Bronze statue on cream sandstone column Category A listed Architect William Burn 23 nbsp More images Statue of George IV Junction of George Street and Hanover Street 55 57 13 N 3 11 50 W 55 9535 N 3 1973 W 55 9535 3 1973 Statue of George IV 1825 1831 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A listed Unveiled 26 November 1831 Commemorates George IV s visit to Edinburgh in 1822 24 nbsp More images Statue of William Pitt the Younger Junction of George Street and Frederick Street 55 57 11 N 3 12 01 W 55 953 N 3 2004 W 55 953 3 2004 Statue of William Pitt the Younger 1831 1833 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A listed nbsp More images Memorial to Albert Prince Consort Charlotte Square 55 57 06 N 3 12 28 W 55 9518 N 3 2077 W 55 9518 3 2077 Albert Memorial 1862 1876 Sir John Steell et al Equestrian statue with other sculptures Bronze statues and reliefs Peterhead granite pedestal Category A listed Architect David Bryce nbsp Monument to Catherine Sinclair Corner of North Charlotte Street St Colme Street 55 57 12 N 3 12 27 W 55 9532 N 3 2076 W 55 9532 3 2076 Catherine Sinclair Monument 1866 1868 John Rhind Gothic monument Eleanor cross type Cream sandstone Category A listed Architect David Bryce 25 nbsp More images Statue of Thomas Chalmers Junction of George Street and Castle Street 55 57 09 N 3 12 13 W 55 9525 N 3 2035 W 55 9525 3 2035 Statue of Thomas Chalmers 1869 1878 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal Category A listed nbsp More images King s Own Scottish Borderers Memorial North Bridge 55 57 06 N 3 11 17 W 55 9517 N 3 1881 W 55 9517 3 1881 King s Own Scottish Borderers Memorial 1906 William Birnie Rhind Sculptural group Stone Category A listed nbsp More images The Manuscript of Monte Cassino Picardy Place 1991 Eduardo Paolozzi Three part sculpture Bronze Outside St Mary s Metropolitan Cathedral 26 nbsp More images Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Picardy Place 55 57 25 N 3 11 12 W 55 956837 N 3 18675 W 55 956837 3 18675 Statue of Sherlock Holmes 1991 Gerald Ogilvie Laing Statue of Sherlock Holmes Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary nbsp Horse Rider Eagle Silvermills 55 57 34 N 3 12 15 W 55 959410 N 3 204204 W 55 959410 3 204204 Horse Rider Eagle 1996 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze Commission by Cala Homes for a housing development ceremonially opened by the actor Robert Hardy in April 1997 nbsp More images Dreaming Spires outside the Omni Centre Greenside Place Leith Walk 55 57 23 N 3 11 10 W 55 956344 N 3 186225 W 55 956344 3 186225 Dreaming Spires 2005 Helen Denerley Statues of giraffes Recycled metal painted Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding 27 Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base nbsp More images Lion of Scotland St Andrew Square 55 57 17 N 3 11 35 W 55 954623 N 3 193084 W 55 954623 3 193084 Lion of Scotland 2006 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite Originally sited in Holyrood Park moved to current location in 2010 28 nbsp More images Statue of James Clerk Maxwell George Street 55 57 15 N 3 11 40 W 55 954053 N 3 194381 W 55 954053 3 194381 Statue of James Clerk Maxwell 2006 2008 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal Unveiled 25 November 2008 29 Niddrie editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp Gulliver in Edinburgh Jimmy Boyle Land art Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences Old Town editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of Charles II Parliament Square 55 56 57 N 3 11 26 W 55 9492 N 3 1905 W 55 9492 3 1905 Statue of Charles II 1685 Workshop of Grinling Gibbons Equestrian statue Lead statue on ashlar pedestal Category A listed The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne s original 30 nbsp More images Alexander and Bucephalus Courtyard of City Chambers High Street 55 57 00 N 3 11 25 W 55 9501 N 3 1903 W 55 9501 3 1903 Alexander and Bucephalus 1829 1833 cast 1883 Sir John Steell Sculptural group Bronze group on ashlar pedestal Category A listed Unveiled 18 April 1884 Moved from St Andrew Square in 1916 31 nbsp More images Statue of Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55 56 56 N 3 11 52 W 55 9489 N 3 1979 W 55 9489 3 1979 Statue of Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany 1837 Thomas Campbell Statue Bronze statue and pedestal Category B listed Part of Esplanade Category A listed group 32 nbsp More images 78th Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55 56 56 N 3 11 49 W 55 9490 N 3 1969 W 55 9490 3 1969 78th Highlanders Memorial 1861 S Hunter carver Messrs Sutherland masonic work Celtic cross Dark stone Category B listed Part of Esplanade Category A listed group Sir Robert Rowand Anderson architect 33 nbsp More images Greyfriars Bobby Fountain George IV Bridge near Greyfriars Kirk 55 56 49 N 3 11 29 W 55 9469 N 3 1913 W 55 9469 3 1913 Greyfriars Bobby Fountain 1873 William Brodie Drinking fountain with statuette Bronze statuette and plaques red granite plinth and basins Category A listed 34 nbsp More images Monument to Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55 56 56 N 3 11 51 W 55 9489 N 3 1974 W 55 9489 3 1974 Colonel Mackenzie Monument 1875 Sir John Steell Celtic cross Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque Category B listed Part of Esplanade Category A listed group 35 nbsp More images Fame or Nike Prosperity and Plenty Bank of Scotland Bank Street c 1878 Attributed to John Rhind Architectural sculpture Category A listed 36 72nd Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55 56 56 N 3 11 53 W 55 9489 N 3 1981 W 55 9489 3 1981 72nd Highlanders Memorial 1882 1883 MacDonald Field amp Co Obelisk Pink Peterhead granite and bronze Category C S listed Part of Esplanade Category A listed group 37 nbsp More images Mercat Cross Parliament Square 55 56 59 N 3 11 25 W 55 9497 N 3 1902 W 55 9497 3 1902 Mercat Cross 1885 Sydney Mitchell and George Arthur architects John Rhind sculptor Mercat cross Hermand sandstone Category A listed 38 nbsp More images Queensberry Memorial Walter Montagu Douglas Scott 5th Duke of Buccleuch West Parliament Square 55 56 58 N 3 11 30 W 55 9495 N 3 1917 W 55 9495 3 1917 Queensberry Memorial 1885 1888 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration Category A listed Architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson 39 nbsp More images Statue of William Chambers Chambers Street 55 56 51 N 3 11 23 W 55 94738 N 3 18979 W 55 94738 3 18979 William Chambers 1888 1891 John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze statue and reliefs red sandstone pedestal Category B listed Architect Hippolyte Blanc 40 nbsp More images Witches WellWomen accused of witchcraft executed nearby Castlehill 55 56 56 N 3 11 47 W 55 94890 N 3 19643 W 55 94890 3 19643 Witches Well 1894 John Duncan Memorial drinking fountain with plaque Bronze nbsp More images Statue of John Knox New College Quadrangle 55 56 59 N 3 11 42 W 55 9496 N 3 1951 W 55 9496 3 1951 Statue of John Knox 1896 John Hutchison Statue Bronze statue red sandstone pedestal Category C S listed 41 nbsp More images Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55 56 56 N 3 11 51 W 55 9489 N 3 1974 W 55 9489 3 1974 Scottish Horse Memorial 1905 1910 Stewart McGlashan and Son Celtic cross Pink granite Category C S listed Part of Esplanade Category A listed group 42 nbsp More images Black Watch Boer War Memorial The Mound corner of Market Street and North Bank Street 55 57 00 N 3 11 40 W 55 9501 N 3 1945 W 55 9501 3 1945 Black Watch Memorial 1908 1910 William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze statue and relief red granite pedestal Category A listed 43 nbsp Statue of Edward VII Holyrood Palace forecourt 55 57 10 N 3 10 25 W 55 9529 N 3 1736 W 55 9529 3 1736 Statue of Edward VII 1922 Henry Snell Gamley Statue Bronze statue on stone pedestal Part of Category A listed group 44 45 nbsp More images Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig Hospital Square Edinburgh Castle 55 56 56 N 3 12 06 W 55 948862 N 3 201779 W 55 948862 3 201779 Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig 1923 George Edward Wade Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth Category B listed Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011 nbsp More images Statue of Robert the Bruce Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55 56 55 N 3 11 55 W 55 948551 N 3 198598 W 55 948551 3 198598 Statue of Robert Bruce 1929 Thomas John Clapperton Statue in niche Bronze Category A listed with gatehouse Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce s death Architect of the niche Sir Robert Lorimer 46 nbsp More images Statue of William Wallace Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55 56 55 N 3 11 55 W 55 948577 N 3 198598 W 55 948577 3 198598 Statue of William Wallace 1929 Alexander Carrick Statue in niche Bronze Category A listed with gatehouse Architect of the niche Sir Robert Lorimer nbsp Covenanters Memorial Grassmarket 55 56 52 N 3 11 41 W 55 947827 N 3 194772 W 55 947827 3 194772 Covenanters Memorial 1937 Raised circle in pavement Red and grey granite setts Category C S listed 47 nbsp More images Statue of David Hume Outside Court House Lawnmarket Royal Mile 55 56 58 N 3 11 33 W 55 94956 N 3 192625 W 55 94956 3 192625 Statue of David Hume 1995 1997 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze nbsp More images Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen James Court off Lawnmarket Royal Mile 55 56 58 N 3 11 39 W 55 949548 N 3 19422 W 55 949548 3 19422 Zannah Stephen Memorial 2000 Frances Pelly Sculpture on stepped plinth Bronze 48 nbsp More images Statue of Adam Smith outside St Giles Cathedral 55 56 59 N 3 11 24 W 55 949764 N 3 190069 W 55 949764 3 190069 Statue of Adam Smith 2003 2008 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze nbsp More images Statue of Robert Fergusson outside the Kirk of the Canongate 55 57 06 N 3 10 46 W 55 951574 N 3 179363 W 55 951574 3 179363 Statue of Robert Fergusson 2004 David Annand Statue Bronze nbsp More images Statue of James Braidwood Parliament Square 55 56 58 N 3 11 24 W 55 949495 N 3 190013 W 55 949495 3 190013 Statue of James Braidwood 2006 2008 Kenny Mackay Statue Bronze nbsp More images Work No 1059 The Scotsman Steps 55 57 04 N 3 11 19 W 55 951215 N 3 188660 W 55 951215 3 188660 Scotsman Steps 2011 Martin Creed Installation Marble Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery 49 nbsp More images Statue of William Henry Playfair Chambers Street 55 56 51 N 3 11 20 W 55 94757 N 3 18893 W 55 94757 3 18893 Statue of William Henry Playfair 2016 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze Portobello editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp Coade Stone Pillars Portobello PromenadePrinces Street editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of Sir Walter Scott Scott Monument East Princes Street Gardens 55 57 09 N 3 11 36 W 55 952399 N 3 193304 W 55 952399 3 193304 Scott Monument 1848 installed Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A listed Architect George Meikle Kemp 50 nbsp More images Statue of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington General Register House Princes Street 55 57 13 N 3 11 21 W 55 9535 N 3 1892 W 55 9535 3 1892 Duke of Wellington 1848 1852 Sir John Steell Equestrian statue Bronze statue red Aberdeen granite pedestal Category A listed Architects David Bryce and James Gowans 51 nbsp More images Statue of Allan Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 06 N 3 11 50 W 55 9517 N 3 1973 W 55 9517 3 1973 Allan Ramsay 1850 Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A listed Architect David Bryce 1865 52 nbsp More images The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 04 N 3 11 54 W 55 9510 N 3 1983 W 55 9510 3 1983 Genius of Architecture group 1862 William Brodie Sculptural group Marble Category B listed nbsp More images Ross Fountain West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 00 N 3 12 11 W 55 95005 N 3 202994 W 55 95005 3 202994 Ross Fountain 1862 1872 Jean Baptiste Klagmann Fountain with sculptures Gilt cast iron Category A listed Architects Peddie and Kinnear 53 nbsp More images Statue of John Wilson East Princes Street Gardens 55 57 08 N 3 11 42 W 55 9521 N 3 1951 W 55 9521 3 1951 John Wilson 1863 1865 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on ashlar plinth Category A listed Architect David Bryce 54 nbsp More images Statue of David Livingstone East Princes Street Gardens 55 57 09 N 3 11 34 W 55 9525 N 3 1927 W 55 9525 3 1927 David Livingstone 1875 1876 Amelia Robertson Hill Statue Bronze statue on stone plinth Category A listed nbsp More images Statue of Adam Black East Princes Street Gardens 55 57 08 N 3 11 40 W 55 9522 N 3 1944 W 55 9522 3 1944 Adam Black 1876 1877 John Hutchison Statue Bronze Category A listed nbsp More images Statue of Sir James Young Simpson West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 01 N 3 12 18 W 55 9504 N 3 2050 W 55 9504 3 2050 James Young Simpson 1877 William Brodie Statue Bronze Category B listed nbsp More images Memorial to Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens behind the church of St John the Evangelist 55 57 01 N 3 12 21 W 55 950264 N 3 205931 W 55 950264 3 205931 Dean Ramsay Memorial 1877 1879 Robert Rowand Anderson Celtic cross Granite with bronze reliefs Category A listed with church nbsp More images Royal Scots Greys Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 05 N 3 11 58 W 55 9514 N 3 1994 W 55 9514 3 1994 Royal Scots Greys Memorial 1906 William Birnie Rhind Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rock plinth Category B listed Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery 55 nbsp More images Statue of Thomas Guthrie West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 03 N 3 12 09 W 55 9508 N 3 2026 W 55 9508 3 2026 Thomas Guthrie 1907 1910 Frederick William Pomeroy Statue Portland stone statue and pedestal Category B listed nbsp More images Scottish American Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 02 N 3 12 07 W 55 950556 N 3 201944 W 55 950556 3 201944 Scots American War Memorial 1923 1927 Robert Tait McKenzie Screen with relief and statue in front Stone screen and pedestal bronze reliefs and statue Category B listed Unveiled 7 September 1927 Architect Reginald Fairlie 56 nbsp More images Royal Scots Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 04 N 3 11 50 W 55 9511 N 3 1973 W 55 9511 3 1973 Royal Scots Memorial 1948 1952 Sir Frank Charles Mears et al Enclosure of standing stones Stone with bronze plaques Category B listed Unveiled 26 July 1952 by Princess Mary Colonel in Chief of the Regiment 57 nbsp More images Norwegian War Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 01 N 3 12 08 W 55 9502 N 3 2021 W 55 9502 3 2021 Norwegian War Memorial 1978 Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones nbsp Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 00 N 3 12 08 W 55 9500 N 3 2023 W 55 9500 3 2023 Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial 1987 1989 Ian Hamilton Finlay Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees Flagstone Category A listed Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark 58 nbsp Spanish Brigade Memorial East Princes Street Gardens 1988 Commemorative stone nbsp More images Bum the Dog of San Diego West Princes Street Gardens King s Stables Road Entrance 55 56 54 N 3 12 12 W 55 948417 N 3 203388 W 55 948417 3 203388 Bum the dog of San Diego 2008 Jessica McCain Statue Bronze Presented by the San Diego Edinburgh Sister City Society nbsp More images Wojtek Voytek the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 03 N 3 12 07 W 55 950833 N 3 202028 W 55 950833 3 202028 Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial 2015 Alan Herriot Sculptural group Bronze on granite base nbsp Lulla Bye Children s Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 55 57 03 N 3 11 55 W 55 950939 N 3 198579 W 55 950939 3 198579 Lulla Bye The Children s Memoriall 2019 Andy Scott Sculpture Bronze 8ft 2 4m Cast by Powderhall Bronze gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council Riccarton editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp Statue of James Watt Heriot Watt Campus 55 54 33 N 3 19 12 W 55 90930 N 3 32003 W 55 90930 3 32003 Statue of James Watt 1854 Peter Slater after Sir Francis Chantrey Statue Bronze Moved from Chambers Street EdinburghSouth Gyle editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp The Wealth of Nations Redheughs Avenue 1993 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Cast metal Features a quotation from Albert Einstein Pigeon South Gyle Crescent Statue Cast metal Seagull South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal Bird South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal Concrete Jungle Gyle Centre 1994 Alan Watson Sculpture Concrete Stacked Shades Gyle Centre 1994 Marion Smith Sculpture Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1994 Sylvia Stewart Sculpture Information plaque missing nbsp Veil Gyle Centre 1994 Jake Kempsall Sculpture Fossil Tree Gyle Centre 1994 Bill Scott Sculpture Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1990s Ian Hamilton Finlay Sculpture Arcade of pillars nbsp Scottish Writers Edinburgh Park 1990s various Herms 12 herms of Scottish poetsSouthside editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp Runestone U 1173 Adjacent to 50 George Square 55 56 27 N 3 11 12 W 55 9409 N 3 1866 W 55 9409 3 1866 Runestone 1010 1050 c 1010 1050 Runestone Granite Originally from Uppland Sweden the stone was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787 59 nbsp More images Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers Lauriston Place 55 56 43 N 3 11 28 W 55 9453 N 3 1911 W 55 9453 3 1911 Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers 1840s George Smith pillars Alexander Handyside Ritchie unicorns Pair of octagonal gatepiers pillars surmounted by unicorns Stone Category B listed 60 nbsp Statue of David Brewster Opposite Joseph Black building at King s Buildings Campus 55 55 18 N 3 10 18 W 55 921773 N 3 1717604 W 55 921773 3 1717604 Parthenope and Egeria 1877 William Brodie Sculpture 55 55 27 N 3 10 34 W 55 9242226 N 3 1762067 W 55 9242226 3 1762067 Statue of David Brewster 61 nbsp Melville Drive east end Ornamental Pillars Melville Drive east end 55 56 25 N 3 11 00 W 55 9403 N 3 1833 W 55 9403 3 1833 Melville Drive pillars 1880 John Lessels Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts lion on N unicorn on S Polished ashlar Category B listed Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons 62 nbsp Memorial to Archbishop Archibald Tait Old Medical School Teviot Place 55 56 41 N 3 11 26 W 55 944818 N 3 19043 W 55 944818 3 19043 Archbishop Tait Memorial 1884 1885 Mario Raggi Bust in columned niche Bronze Category A listed with Old Medical School Unveiled 27 February 1885 Marks the site of Tait s birthplace 63 nbsp More images Brass Founders Pillar Nicolson Square 55 56 46 N 3 11 07 W 55 9460 N 3 1854 W 55 9460 3 1854 Brassfounders Pillar 1886 Sir James Gowans column John Stevenson Rhind statuette Statuette on pillar Bronze statuette and column on granite base Category B listed Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886 64 where it won a gold medal nbsp Masons Pillars Melville Drive west end 55 56 31 N 3 12 01 W 55 9420 N 3 2003 W 55 9420 3 2003 Masons Pillars 1886 Sir James Gowans Pair of octagonal pillars surmounted by unicorns Stone from 17 different quarries Category B listed Part of B group with Sundial Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition 65 nbsp Prince Albert Victor Sundial West Meadows Park 55 56 30 N 3 11 56 W 55 9418 N 3 1988 W 55 9418 3 1988 Sundial 1886 Sir James Gowans Sundial Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere Stone from 10 different quarries Category B listed Part of B group with Masons Pillars Erected in commemoration of the opening of the Edinburgh International Exhibition on 6 May 1886 by Prince Albert Victor 66 nbsp More images McEwan Lantern Pillar Bristo Square 55 56 43 N 3 11 20 W 55 945346 N 3 188812 W 55 945346 3 188812 McEwan Lantern Pillar 1890 c 1890 Robert Rowand Anderson architect Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp Portland stone and cast iron Category B listed Part of A group with McEwan Hall 67 nbsp More images Rhinoceros headJim Haynes Informatics Forum Charles Street 2012 unveiled William Darrell Architectural sculpture Bronze 68 nbsp The Haynes Nano stage Jim Haynes Informatics Forum corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street 2012 unveiled David Forsyth Sculpture Stainless steel 68 nbsp More images Egeria Originally outside the Michael Swann building now outside Murray library at King s Buildings Campus 55 55 18 N 3 10 18 W 55 921773 N 3 1717604 W 55 921773 3 1717604 Parthenope and Egeria 12 March 1997 unveiled Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze 69 Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building Relocated following conservation in May 2017 to Murray library at King s Buildings 70 nbsp Parthenope Outside Murray library at King s Buildings Campus 55 55 18 N 3 10 18 W 55 921773 N 3 1717604 W 55 921773 3 1717604 Parthenope and Egeria 12 March 1997 unveiled Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze 69 70 nbsp The Dreamer Memorial to Dr Winifred Rushforth OBE George Square Gardens 1997 Chris Hall Stone Unveiled by Prince Charles Your Next Breath Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 55 56 48 N 3 11 05 W 55 94666 N 3 18482 W 55 94666 3 18482 Your Next Breath 2022 Kenny Hunter Sculpture Bronze Dedicated to NHS workers in the COVID 19 pandemic Received the 2023 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture 71 72 Stockbridge editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Hygeia St Bernard s Well 55 57 19 N 3 12 41 W 55 9553 N 3 2115 W 55 9553 3 2115 St Bernard s Well 1888 David Watson Stevenson Statue Category A listed 73 Trinity editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of Edward VII Victoria Park Newhaven Road 55 58 31 N 3 11 28 W 55 9752 N 3 1910 W 55 9752 3 1910 King Edward VII 1914 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze statue stone pedestal Category B listed Erected by Leith Town Council 74 West End editImage Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp More images Statue of Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville Melville Crescent 55 56 59 N 3 12 50 W 55 9497 N 3 2139 W 55 9497 3 2139 Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville 1857 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal Category A listed nbsp More images Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone Coates Crescent Gardens 55 56 55 N 3 12 44 W 55 9485 N 3 2123 W 55 9485 3 2123 Gladstone Memorial 1902 1916 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray Statue with other sculptures Bronze statues on granite pedestals Category A listed Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery Moved to this its original intended location in 1955 75 nbsp More images Woman and Child Festival Square Lothian Road 55 56 49 N 3 12 22 W 55 9469 N 3 2062 W 55 9469 3 2062 Woman and Child 1985 1986 Anne Davidson Sculptural group Bronze Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty Dedicated to all those killed or imprisoned for their stand against apartheid 76 nbsp First Conundrum Festival Square Lothian Road 55 56 49 N 3 12 25 W 55 947049 N 3 206943 W 55 947049 3 206943 First Conundrum Remco de Fouw Sculptural group Stone nbsp More images Horse amp Rider Rutland Court 55 56 53 N 3 12 31 W 55 948145 N 3 208686 W 55 948145 3 208686 Horse amp Rider 1993 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of a percent for art scheme Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art edit Image Title subject Location andcoordinates Date Artist designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes nbsp La Vierge d Alsace The Virgin of Alsace Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1919 1921 Antoine Bourdelle Statue Bronze 77 nbsp More images Reclining Figure Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 1951 Henry Moore Sculpture Bronze sculpture and pedestal 78 nbsp More images Master of the Universe Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1989 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze 79 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John Wilson Monument Edinburgh British Listed Buildings Retrieved 7 October 2012 Edinburgh Princes Street Royal Scots Greys Memorial Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 11 September 2012 Edinburgh West Princes Street Gardens Scottish American War Memorial Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 2 October 2012 Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens Royal Scots Monument Retrieved 19 July 2013 Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 2 October 2012 Runestone Project Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Retrieved 22 October 2022 Historic Environment Scotland Lauriston Place Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers Category B Listed Building LB27928 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Edinburgh West Mains Road King s Buildings David Brewster Statue canmore org Retrieved 4 August 2020 Melville Drive eastern End 2 Ornamental Pillars Edinburgh Retrieved 12 October 2012 Edinburgh Teviot Place University of Edinburgh Medical School New Building Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 9 October 2012 Historic Environment Scotland Brassfounders Pillar Nicolson Square Category B Listed Building LB27797 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Melville Drive West Meadows Park Masons Pillars Edinburgh Retrieved 12 October 2012 West Meadows Park Sundial Railings and Gate Edinburgh Retrieved 13 October 2012 Historic Environment Scotland Teviot Row and Teviot Place University of Edinburgh McEwan Lantern Pillar Category B Listed Building LB27994 Retrieved 25 March 2019 a b Haynes Jim August 2012 Newsletter No 720 jim haynes com Retrieved 1 September 2013 a b Field Visit Canmore canmore org uk a b Making Art Public University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Retrieved 1 January 2018 Scotland s first Covid memorial to NHS staff unveiled in Edinburgh BBC News 13 October 2022 Retrieved 12 January 2024 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture Marsh Charitable Trust Retrieved 12 January 2024 St Bernard s Well off St Bernard s Bridge including stair walls railings and plaque Historic Environment Scotland Retrieved 30 October 2022 Historic Environment Scotland Newhaven Road Victoria Park Edward VII Statue Gatepiers and Quadrant Railings Category B Listed Building LB43279 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Edinburgh Coates Crescent Gladstone Memorial Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 10 October 2012 Edinburgh Lothian Road Festival Square Woman and Child Canmore RCAHMS Retrieved 20 March 2013 La Vierge d Alsace The Virgin of Alsace National Galleries Scotland Retrieved 20 March 2013 Reclining Figure National Galleries Scotland Retrieved 10 October 2012 Master of the Universe National Galleries Scotland Retrieved 20 March 2013 Landform National Galleries Scotland Retrieved 10 October 2012 Macduff Circle National Galleries Scotland Retrieved 20 March 2013 External links edit nbsp Media related to Sculptures in Edinburgh at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Media related to Monuments and memorials in Edinburgh at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of public art in Edinburgh amp oldid 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