List of public art in Edinburgh

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

Calton Hill

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Monument to John Playfair Calton Hill

55°57′17″N 3°10′59″W / 55.9548°N 3.1830°W / 55.9548; -3.1830 (John Playfair Monument)
1825-6 William Henry Playfair Square-plan Greek Doric monument Polished ashlar Category A-listed [1]
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]
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)
1831-9 Thomas Hamilton Circular Greek-revival Corinthian monument Ashlar sandstone Category A-listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[3]
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)
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)
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 Commemorates the rebirth of the Scottish Parliament

Colinton

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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
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Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, Redford Barracks 2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze
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[4]

Corstorphine

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Alan Breck Stewart & 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

Craigentinny

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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)
1848–56 David Rhind (architect); Alfred Gatley (reliefs) Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture Category A-listed [5]

Inverleith

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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)
1778–9 Robert Adam (architect) Urn on pedestal Category A-listed [6]
Ascending Form (Gloria) Royal Botanic Garden 1958 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [7]
Rock Form (Porthcurno) Royal Botanic Garden 1964 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [7]
Umbra solis Royal Botanic Garden 1975 Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey Sundial Slate [8]
Slate, Hole, Wall Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy (artist)
Joe Smith (waller)
Sculpture Cumbrian slate [9]
Cone Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture Ballachulish slate [10]
Untitled Royal Botanic Garden 1995 Alan Johnston Sculpture Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House.[11]
East Gates Royal Botanic Garden 1996 Benjamin Tindall (architect)
Alan Dawson (blacksmith)
Gates Stainless steel [12]

Leith

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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.[13]
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 [14]
King Edward VII Trinity 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

New Town

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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 (Earl of Hopetoun)
1829 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group (with horse) Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth Category A-listed
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)
1817–23 (column)
1822–7 (statue)
Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue on Doric column Bronze statue on cream sandstone column Category A-listed Architect: William Burn[15]
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 (George IV)
1825–31 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.[16]
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 (William Pitt the Younger)
1831–3 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed
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 (Prince Albert Memorial)
1862–76 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)
1866–8 John Rhind Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type Cream sandstone Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce.[17]
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 (Thomas Chalmers)
1869–78 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal Category A-listed
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
The Manuscript of Monte Cassino Picardy Place

55°57′23″N 3°11′14″W / 55.9563°N 3.18729°W / 55.9563; -3.18729 (The Manuscript of Monte Cassino)
1991 Eduardo Paolozzi Three part street sculpture Bronze
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Three part street sculpture outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral[18]
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 (Sherlock Holmes)
1991 Gerald Ogilvie Laing Statue (of Sherlock Holmes) Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal
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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
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Commission by Cala Homes for housing development, ceremoniously opened by the actor, Robert Hardy in April 1997.
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
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Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding.[19]
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 Red granite
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Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.[20]
James Clerk Maxwell George Street

55°57′15″N 3°11′40″W / 55.954053°N 3.194381°W / 55.954053; -3.194381 (James Clerk Maxwell)
2006–8 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal
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Unveiled 25 November 2008.[21]

Old Town

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Charles II Parliament Square

55°56′57″N 3°11′26″W / 55.9492°N 3.1905°W / 55.9492; -3.1905 (Charles II)
1685 The 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.[22]
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)
1829–33. Cast 1883. Sir John Steell Sculptural group Bronze group on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square 1916[23]
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 (Duke of York)
1837 Thomas Campbell Statue Bronze (statue and pedestal) Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [24]
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 Carver - S. Hunter Masonic work - Messrs Sutherland Celtic cross Dark stone Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)[25]
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 [26]
Monument to Colonel Douglas 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. [27]
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)
1882–3 MacDonald, Field & Co. Obelisk Pink Peterhead granite and bronze Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [28]
Queensberry Memorial to 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 (Duke of Buccleuch)
1885–8 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson[29]
William Chambers Chambers Street

55°56′51″N 3°11′22″W / 55.9475°N 3.1894°W / 55.9475; -3.1894 (William Chambers)
1888–91 John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal) Category B-listed Architect: Hippolyte Blanc[30]
John Knox New College Quadrangle

55°56′59″N 3°11′42″W / 55.9496°N 3.1951°W / 55.9496; -3.1951 (John Knox)
1896 John Hutchison Statue Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal) Category C(S)-listed [31]
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)
1905–10 Stewart McGlashan and Son Celtic cross Pink granite Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [32]
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)
1908–10 William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal) Category A-listed [33]
King Edward VII Holyrood Palace forecourt

55°57′10″N 3°10′25″W / 55.9529°N 3.1736°W / 55.9529; -3.1736 (King Edward VII Memorial Statue)
1922 Henry Snell Gamley Statue Bronze statue on stone pedestal Part of Category A-listed group
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 (Earl Haig Statue)
1923 George Edward Wade Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth Category B-listed Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011
Robert the Bruce Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948551°N 3.198598°W / 55.948551; -3.198598 (Robert Bruce Statue)
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.[34]
William Wallace Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948577°N 3.198598°W / 55.948577; -3.198598 (William Wallace Statue)
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 [35]
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 (David Hume Statue)
1995–7 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
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[36]
Adam Smith outside St Giles' Cathedral

55°56′59″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949764°N 3.190069°W / 55.949764; -3.190069 (Adam Smith Statue)
2003–8 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
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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 (Robert Fergusson Statue)
2004 David Annand Statue Bronze
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James Braidwood Parliament Square

55°56′58″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949495°N 3.190013°W / 55.949495; -3.190013 (James Braidwood Statue)
2006–8 Kenny Mackay Statue Bronze
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Work No. 1059 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
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[37]

Princes Street

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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.[38]
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)
1848–52 Sir John Steell Equestrian statue Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal) Category A-listed Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.[39]
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).[40]
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
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)
1862–72 Jean-Baptiste Klagmann Fountain with sculptures Gilt cast iron Category A-listed Architects: Peddie and Kinnear[41]
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)
1863–5 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on ashlar plinth Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce.[42]
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)
1875–6 Amelia Paton Hill Statue Bronze statue on stone plinth Category A-listed
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)
1876–7 John Hutchison Statue Bronze Category A-listed
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
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)
1877–9 Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) Celtic cross Granite with bronze reliefs Category A-listed (with church)
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.[43]
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)
1907–10 Frederick William Pomeroy Statue Portland stone statue and pedestal Category B-listed
Scots American War 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)
1923–7 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.[44]
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)
1948–52 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.[45]
Norwegian War Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 1978 Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones
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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)
1987–9 Ian Hamilton Finlay Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees Flagstone
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Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.[46]
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 2008 Jessica McCain Statue
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Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens 2015 Alan Herriot Sculptural group Bronze on granite base

Southside

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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 Pillars - George Smith Unicorns - Alexander Handyside Ritchie Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns Stone Category B-listed [47]
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.[48]
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)
1884–5 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.[49]
Brassfounders’ 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 designed column. John Rhind sculptor of statuette Statuette on pillar Bronze statuette and column on granite base Category B-listed Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886 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.[50]
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.[51]
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)
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 [52]
Rhinoceros head
Jim Haynes
Informatics Forum, Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) William Darrell Architectural sculpture Bronze
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[53]
The Haynes Nano-stage
Jim Haynes
Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) David Forsyth Sculpture Stainless steel
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[53]

West End

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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
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)
1902–16 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.[54]
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)
1985–6 Anne Davidson Sculptural group Bronze
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Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty.[55]
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
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Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of Percent for art scheme
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
La Vierge d'Alsace
(The Virgin of Alsace)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1919–21 Antoine Bourdelle Statue Bronze
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[56]
Reclining Figure Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 1951 Henry Moore Sculpture Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)
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[57]
Master of the Universe Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1989 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze
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[58]
Landform Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2001 Charles Jencks Land art
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[59]
Macduff Circle Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 2002 Richard Long Land art Slate
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[60]
6 Times
(1st figure)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2010 Antony Gormley Statue
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