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

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Playfair !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	Playfair !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]
Burns !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	Hamilton !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	1893	Bissell !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

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	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	Herriot !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

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Kidnapped !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	Stoddart !Alexander Stoddart	Statue pair	Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal			Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery

Craigentinny

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

Inverleith

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

Leith

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Burns !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	Stevenson !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]
Victoria !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	Rhind !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	Rhind !John Stevenson Rhind	Statue	Bronze statue. Stone pedestal	Category B-listed	Erected by Leith Town Council

New Town

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Hopetoun !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	Campbell !Thomas Campbell	Sculptural group (with horse)	Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth	Category A-listed
Melville !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)	Forrest after Chantrey !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	Chantrey !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]
Pitt !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	Chantrey !Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal	Category A-listed
Albert !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	Steell et al !Sir John Steell et al.	Equestrian statue with other sculptures	Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal)	Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.
Sinclair !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	Rhind !John Rhind	Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type	Cream sandstone	Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.^[17]
Chalmers !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	Steell !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	1906	Rhind !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	Paulozzi !Eduardo Paolozzi	Three part street sculpture	Bronze	—	Three part street sculpture outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral^[18]
Doyle !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	Lang !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 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	Denerley !Helen Denerley	Statues of giraffes	Recycled metal, painted	—	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	Rae !Ronald Rae	Sculpture	Red granite	—	Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.^[20]
Maxwell !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	Stoddart !Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal	—	Unveiled 25 November 2008.^[21]

Old Town

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	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	Gibbons !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.	Steell !Sir John Steell	Sculptural group	Bronze group on ashlar pedestal	Category A-listed	Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square 1916^[23]
York !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	Campbell !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.	Anderson !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	Brodie !William Brodie	Drinking fountain with statuette	Bronze (statuette and plaques); red granite (plinth and basins)	Category A-listed	^[26]
Mackenzie !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	Steell !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 Buccleuch !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	Boehm !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	Rhind !John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal)	Category B-listed	Architect: Hippolyte Blanc^[30]
Knox !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	Hutchison !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	Rhind !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
Haig !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	Wade !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	Clapperton !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]
Wallace !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	Carrick !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]
Hume !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	Stoddart !Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze	—
Stephen !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	—	^[36]
Smith !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	Stoddart !Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze	—
Fergusson !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	Annand !David Annand	Statue	Bronze	—
Braidwood !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	Mackay !Kenny Mackay	Statue	Bronze	—
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	Creed !Martin Creed	Installation	Marble	—	^[37]

Princes Street

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Scott !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)	Steell !Sir John Steell	Statue	Carrara marble	Category A-listed	Architect: George Meikle Kemp.^[38]
Wellington !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	Steell !Sir John Steell	Equestrian statue	Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal)	Category A-listed	Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.^[39]
Ramsay !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	Steell !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	Brodie !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	Klagmann !Jean-Baptiste Klagmann	Fountain with sculptures	Gilt cast iron	Category A-listed	Architects: Peddie and Kinnear^[41]
Wilson !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	Steell !Sir John Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar plinth	Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.^[42]
Livingstone !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	Hill !Amelia Paton Hill	Statue	Bronze statue on stone plinth	Category A-listed
Black !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	Hutchison !John Hutchison	Statue	Bronze	Category A-listed
Simpson !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	Brodie !William Brodie	Statue	Bronze	Category B-listed
Ramsay !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	Anderson !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	Rhind !William Birnie Rhind	Equestrian statue	Bronze statue on rock plinth	Category B-listed	Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery.^[43]
Guthrie !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	Pomeroy !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	McKenzie !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	Mears et al. !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		—
Stevenson !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	Finlay !Ian Hamilton Finlay	Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees	Flagstone	—	Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.^[46]
Spanish Brigade Memorial	East Princes Street Gardens	1988		Commemorative stone		—
Bum the Dog (of San Diego)	West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance	2008	McCain !Jessica McCain	Statue		—
Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear	West Princes Street Gardens	2015	Herriot !Alan Herriot	Sculptural group	Bronze on granite base

Southside

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	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 - Ritchie !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	Lessels !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]
Tait !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	Raggi !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	Gowans !Sir James Gowans designed column. Rhind !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	Gowans !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	Gowans !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 !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	Anderson !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)	Darrell !William Darrell	Architectural sculpture	Bronze	—	^[53]
Haynes !The Haynes Nano-stage Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	Forsyth !David Forsyth	Sculpture	Stainless steel	—	^[53]

West End

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Melville !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	1857	Steell !Sir John Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal	Category A-listed
Gladstone !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	Macgillivray !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	Davidson !Anne Davidson	Sculptural group	Bronze	—	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	—	Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of Percent for art scheme

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
La Vierge d'Alsace (The Virgin of Alsace)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1919–21	Bourdelle !Antoine Bourdelle	Statue	Bronze	—	^[56]
Reclining Figure	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	1951	Moore !Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)	—	^[57]
Master of the Universe	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1989	Paolozzi !Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze	—	^[58]
Landform	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2001	Jencks !Charles Jencks	Land art		—	^[59]
Macduff Circle	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	2002	Long !Richard Long	Land art	Slate	—	^[60]
6 Times (1st figure)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2010	Gormley !Antony Gormley	Statue		—

External links

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