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

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  • This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures. (en)
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dbp:artist
  • various (en)
  • Thomas Hamilton (en)
  • William Adam (en)
  • Ronald Rae (en)
  • ; Alfred Gatley (en)
  • ; John Stevenson Rhind (en)
  • ; Messrs Sutherland (en)
  • Alan Herriot (en)
  • George Smith ; Alexander Handyside Ritchie (en)
  • George Wyllie et al. (en)
  • MacDonald, Field & Co. (en)
  • William Henry Playfair (en)
  • and George Arthur ; John Rhind (en)
  • and Paul Grime (en)
  • and Son (en)
  • or William Birnie Rhind (en)
dbp:commonscat
  • 78 (xsd:integer)
  • Statue of Thomas Guthrie, Edinburgh (en)
  • Master of the Universe (en)
  • Horse and Rider (en)
  • Dreaming Spires (en)
  • Statue of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Edinburgh (en)
  • Melville Monument, Edinburgh (en)
  • Mercat Cross, Edinburgh (en)
  • Ross Fountain (en)
  • Scots American War Memorial (en)
  • Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, Edinburgh (en)
  • Albert Memorial, Edinburgh (en)
  • Black Watch Memorial (en)
  • Gladstone Memorial, Edinburgh (en)
  • Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Fountain (en)
  • Statue of Adam Black, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of Allan Ramsay, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of George IV, George Street, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of John Wilson, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of William Pitt, George Street, Edinburgh (en)
  • Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Edinburgh (en)
  • King's Own Scottish Borderers memorial, North Bridge (en)
  • Statue of Thomas Chalmers, George Street, Edinburgh (en)
  • Earl Haig statue, Edinburgh Castle (en)
  • Royal Scots Greys Memorial, Princes Street Gardens (en)
  • Royal Scots Memorial, Princes Street Gardens (en)
  • Scottish Horse Memorial (en)
  • Statue of Queen Victoria, Leith (en)
  • Statue of James Clerk Maxwell, George Street, Edinburgh (en)
  • Alexander and Bucephalus (en)
  • Brass Founders' Pillar, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh (en)
  • Bum of San Diego (en)
  • Colonel Mackenzie Monument (en)
  • Statue of Wojtek in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh (en)
  • Dean Ramsay Memorial cross (en)
  • Egeria , Edinburgh (en)
  • Equestrian statue of Charles II, Edinburgh (en)
  • Fame statue, Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (en)
  • Hygieia, St Bernard's Well (en)
  • John Knox Monument, Edinburgh (en)
  • Landform Ueda (en)
  • McEwan Lantern Pillar, Edinburgh (en)
  • Norwegian War Memorial, Edinburgh (en)
  • Reclining Figure: Festival - Henry Moore (en)
  • Rhino Head by William Darrell (en)
  • The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art (en)
  • Scottish Merchant Navy Memorial (en)
  • Statue of Adam Smith, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of David Hume, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of Edward VII, Victoria Park, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of James Braidwood, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of James Young Simpson, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of Robert Burns, Leith (en)
  • Statue of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (en)
  • Statue of Robert Fergusson, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of Robert the Bruce, Edinburgh Castle (en)
  • Statue of Sherlock Holmes, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of Walter Scott, Scott Monument, Edinburgh (en)
  • Statue of William Chambers (en)
  • Statue of William Henry Playfair (en)
  • Statue of William Wallace, Edinburgh Castle (en)
  • The Lion of Scotland (en)
  • The Manuscript of Monte Cassino (en)
  • The Scotsman hotel steps (en)
  • Unicorn pillars (en)
  • Witches' Well, Edinburgh (en)
  • Woman and Child by Anne Davidson (en)
  • Zannah Stephen Memorial (en)
  • Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Edinburgh (en)
dbp:date
  • 1685 (xsd:integer)
  • 1778 (xsd:integer)
  • 1817 (xsd:integer)
  • 1822 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1866 (xsd:integer)
  • 1869 (xsd:integer)
  • 1873 (xsd:integer)
  • 1875 (xsd:integer)
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  • 2017 (xsd:integer)
  • 2019 (xsd:integer)
  • 1997-03-12 (xsd:date)
  • 1990.0 (dbd:second)
  • 1840.0 (dbd:second)
  • Erected 1885. Stonework 1738 (en)
dbp:designation
  • Category A–listed (en)
  • Category B–listed (en)
  • Category C–listed (en)
  • Category B–listed. (Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.) (en)
  • Part of Category A–listed group (en)
  • Category B–listed. (Part of A group with McEwan Hall) (en)
  • Category B–listed. (Part of B group with Sundial) (en)
  • Category C–listed. (Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.) (en)
  • Category B–listed. (Part of B group with Masons' Pillars) (en)
dbp:dimensions
  • 8.0 (dbd:foot)
  • Life-size (en)
dbp:location
  • dbr:North_Bridge,_Edinburgh
  • dbr:The_Scotsman_Steps
  • dbr:Parliament_Square,_Edinburgh
  • dbr:Charlotte_Square
  • dbr:Grassmarket
  • dbr:Army_School_of_Bagpipe_Music_and_Highland_Drumming
  • dbr:Chambers_Street,_Edinburgh
  • dbr:Ocean_Terminal,_Edinburgh
  • dbr:Redford_Barracks
  • dbr:The_Shore,_Leith
  • dbr:Silvermills
  • dbr:Old_Calton_Cemetery
  • dbr:St_Bernard's_Well
  • Calton Hill (en)
  • Edinburgh Zoo (en)
  • Parliament Square (en)
  • George Street (en)
  • St Andrew Square (en)
  • Redford Road (en)
  • Chambers Street (en)
  • Castlehill (en)
  • Tower Place (en)
  • Edinburgh Park (en)
  • Lauriston Place (en)
  • Bristo Square (en)
  • East Princes Street Gardens (en)
  • Edinburgh Castle Esplanade (en)
  • Gyle Centre (en)
  • Old Calton Cemetery (en)
  • Royal Botanic Garden (en)
  • Bank of Scotland, Bank Street (en)
  • Melville Crescent (en)
  • Nicolson Square (en)
  • West Princes Street Gardens (en)
  • Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle (en)
  • Corstorphine Road (en)
  • Rutland Court (en)
  • Originally outside the Michael Swann building; now outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus (en)
  • Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street (en)
  • Adjacent to 50 George Square (en)
  • Calton Hill, near Royal Terrace (en)
  • Chilean Area, Royal Botanic Garden (en)
  • Coates Crescent Gardens (en)
  • Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street (en)
  • Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street (en)
  • Craigentinny Crescent (en)
  • Cramond Beach (en)
  • Dell Road, Colinton (en)
  • Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse (en)
  • Festival Square, Lothian Road (en)
  • Foot of Leith Walk (en)
  • General Register House, Princes Street (en)
  • George IV Bridge, near Greyfriars Kirk (en)
  • Heriot Watt Campus (en)
  • Holyrood Palace forecourt (en)
  • Informatics Forum, Charles Street (en)
  • James' Court, off Lawnmarket (en)
  • Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street (en)
  • Junction of George Street and Castle Street (en)
  • Junction of George Street and Frederick Street (en)
  • Junction of George Street and Hanover Street (en)
  • Melville Drive (en)
  • New College Quadrangle (en)
  • North Junction Street (en)
  • Old Medical School, Teviot Place (en)
  • Outside Court House, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile (en)
  • Outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus (en)
  • Picardy Place (en)
  • Portobello Promenade (en)
  • Redheughs Avenue (en)
  • Regent Road Park (en)
  • Regent Road, Calton Hill (en)
  • Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens (en)
  • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One (en)
  • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two (en)
  • South Gyle Crescent (en)
  • Victoria Park, Newhaven Road (en)
  • West Meadows Park (en)
  • West Parliament Square (en)
  • The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street (en)
  • Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square (en)
  • outside St Giles' Cathedral (en)
  • outside the Kirk of the Canongate (en)
  • outside the Omni Centre, Greenside Place, Leith Walk (en)
  • West Princes Street Gardens, behind the church of St John the Evangelist (en)
  • Opposite Joseph Black building, at King's Buildings Campus (en)
  • West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance (en)
dbp:material
  • Bronze (en)
  • Cast iron (en)
  • Concrete (en)
  • Granite (en)
  • Marble (en)
  • Slate (en)
  • Stainless steel (en)
  • Stone (en)
  • Carrara marble (en)
  • Flagstone (en)
  • Cream sandstone (en)
  • Cast metal (en)
  • Pink granite (en)
  • Ashlar sandstone (en)
  • Ballachulish slate (en)
  • Bronze , granite (en)
  • Bronze , red granite (en)
  • Bronze , red granite and red sandstone (en)
  • Bronze , red sandstone (en)
  • Bronze ; Peterhead granite (en)
  • Bronze ; red Aberdeen granite (en)
  • Bronze ; red granite (en)
  • Bronze ; stone (en)
  • Bronze ? (en)
  • Bronze figures on red granite pedestal (en)
  • Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal (en)
  • Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth (en)
  • Bronze group on ashlar pedestal (en)
  • Bronze on granite base (en)
  • Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal (en)
  • Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal (en)
  • Bronze statue on ashlar plinth (en)
  • Bronze statue on cream sandstone column (en)
  • Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal (en)
  • Bronze statue on rock plinth (en)
  • Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth (en)
  • Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal (en)
  • Bronze statue on stone pedestal (en)
  • Bronze statue on stone plinth (en)
  • Bronze statues on granite pedestals (en)
  • Bronze statuette and column on granite base (en)
  • Cumbrian slate (en)
  • Dark stone (en)
  • Gilt cast iron (en)
  • Granite with bronze reliefs (en)
  • Hermand sandstone (en)
  • Lead statue on ashlar pedestal (en)
  • Pink Corrennie granite (en)
  • Pink Peterhead granite and bronze (en)
  • Polished ashlar (en)
  • Portland stone and cast iron (en)
  • Portland stone statue and pedestal (en)
  • Recycled metal, painted (en)
  • Red and grey granite setts (en)
  • Sandstone and bronze (en)
  • Stone , bronze (en)
  • Stone with bronze plaques (en)
  • Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque (en)
  • Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration (en)
dbp:notes
  • 12 (xsd:integer)
  • 0001-02-27 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-04-18 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-05-06 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-07-14 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-07-26 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-07-27 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 0001-09-07 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans. (en)
  • Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty. Dedicated to "all those killed or imprisoned for their stand against apartheid". (en)
  • Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886, where it won a gold medal (en)
  • Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine in Ukraine, 1932–1933 (en)
  • Stones from each of Scotland's 32 local authorities; commemorates the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament (en)
  • Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings. (en)
  • Arcade of pillars (en)
  • Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer (en)
  • Architect: David Bryce . (en)
  • Architect: David Bryce. (en)
  • Architect: George Meikle Kemp. (en)
  • Architect: Hippolyte Blanc (en)
  • Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (en)
  • Architect: William Burn (en)
  • Architects: Peddie and Kinnear. (en)
  • Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery. (en)
  • Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences. (en)
  • Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary. (en)
  • Erected by Leith Town Council. (en)
  • Features a quotation from Albert Einstein (en)
  • Includes a statue of Abraham Lincoln. (en)
  • Incorporated in observatory compound wall (en)
  • Information plaque missing (en)
  • Carved at Cramond Kirk, bought by Cramond community (en)
  • Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011 (en)
  • Moved from Chambers Street, Edinburgh (en)
  • Outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral. (en)
  • Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955. (en)
  • Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary. (en)
  • Unveiled 16 November 2010 by Princess Anne. (en)
  • Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery. (en)
  • Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons. (en)
  • The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne's original. (en)
  • Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce's death. Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer. (en)
  • Cast by Powderhall Bronze; gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council. (en)
  • Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition. (en)
  • Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House. (en)
  • Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society (en)
  • Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. (en)
  • Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of a percent for art scheme. (en)
  • Originally from Uppland, Sweden, the stone was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787. (en)
  • Designed in 1829 as the centrepiece for Charlotte Square, but erected in 1834 at Dundas House. (en)
  • Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010. (en)
  • Commission by Cala Homes for a housing development ceremonially opened by the actor Robert Hardy in April 1997. (en)
dbp:subject
  • 6 (xsd:integer)
  • 72 (xsd:integer)
  • 78 (xsd:integer)
  • dbr:Scottish_American_Memorial
  • dbr:Edinburgh's_Runestone
  • dbr:Brass_Founders'_Pillar
  • dbr:Political_Martyrs'_Monument
  • dbr:Greyfriars_Bobby_Fountain
  • dbr:Mercat_Cross,_Edinburgh
  • dbr:Ross_Fountain
  • dbr:Witches'_Well,_Edinburgh
  • Pigeon (en)
  • (en)
  • Bird (en)
  • Parthenope (en)
  • Untitled (en)
  • Egeria (en)
  • Cone (en)
  • Seagull (en)
  • The Wealth of Nations (en)
  • Concrete Jungle (en)
  • Veil (en)
  • Figure in a Landscape (en)
  • Master of the Universe (en)
  • Dreaming Spires (en)
  • Gentoo Penguin (en)
  • Horse & Rider (en)
  • Hygeia (en)
  • Landform (en)
  • Lion of Scotland (en)
  • Nils Olav (en)
  • Reclining Figure (en)
  • Horse~Rider~Eagle (en)
  • Royal Scots Greys Memorial (en)
  • (Jim Haynes) (en)
  • Alexander and Bucephalus (en)
  • Ascending Form (en)
  • Black Watch Boer War Memorial (en)
  • Bum the Dog (en)
  • Coade Stone Pillars (en)
  • Covenanters' Memorial (en)
  • East Gates (en)
  • Fame , Prosperity and Plenty (en)
  • First Conundrum (en)
  • Fossil Tree (en)
  • Gulliver in Edinburgh (en)
  • Holodomor Memorial Stone (en)
  • King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial (en)
  • Leith Mural (en)
  • Lulla-Bye (en)
  • Macduff Circle (en)
  • Masons' Pillars (en)
  • Melville Drive Ornamental Pillars (en)
  • Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict (en)
  • Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (en)
  • Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers (en)
  • Norwegian War Memorial (en)
  • Prince Albert Victor Sundial (en)
  • Queensberry Memorial (en)
  • Rhinoceros head (en)
  • Rock Form (en)
  • Royal Scots Memorial (en)
  • The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art (en)
  • Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial (en)
  • Scottish Merchant Navy Memorial (en)
  • Scottish Writers (en)
  • Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument (en)
  • Slate, Hole, Wall (en)
  • Spanish Brigade Memorial (en)
  • Stacked Shades (en)
  • Stones of Scotland Circle (en)
  • The Cramond Fish (en)
  • The Manuscript of Monte Cassino (en)
  • Umbra solis (en)
  • Wojtek , the Soldier Bear (en)
  • Woman and Child (en)
  • Work No. 1059 (en)
dbp:type
  • dbr:Mercat_cross
  • dbr:Runestone
  • Architectural sculpture (en)
  • Gates (en)
  • Land art (en)
  • Sculpture (en)
  • Obelisk (en)
  • Memorial (en)
  • Installation (en)
  • Statue (en)
  • Statue in niche (en)
  • Mural (en)
  • Herms (en)
  • Celtic cross (en)
  • Sculptural group (en)
  • Equestrian statue (en)
  • Sundial (en)
  • Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones (en)
  • Pair of octagonal gatepiers surmounted by unicorns (en)
  • Bust in columned niche (en)
  • Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument (en)
  • Commemorative column (en)
  • Commemorative stone (en)
  • Drinking fountain with statuette (en)
  • Enclosure of standing stones (en)
  • Equestrian statue with other sculptures (en)
  • Fountain with sculptures (en)
  • Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type (en)
  • Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture (en)
  • Memorial drinking fountain with plaque (en)
  • Pair of octagonal pillars, surmounted by unicorns (en)
  • Raised circle in pavement (en)
  • Screen with relief and statue in front (en)
  • Sculpture on stepped plinth (en)
  • Square-plan Greek Revival Doric monument (en)
  • Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees (en)
  • Statue on Doric column (en)
  • Statue pair (en)
  • Statue sitting on bench (en)
  • Statue with other sculptures (en)
  • Statue with subsidiary sculpture (en)
  • Statues of giraffes (en)
  • Statuette on pillar (en)
  • Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp (en)
  • Three-part sculpture (en)
  • Urn on pedestal (en)
  • Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts – lion on N, unicorn on S (en)
  • Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere (en)
  • Circle of 32 stone slabs/rocks set in white stone chippings (en)
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  • This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures. (en)
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  • List of public art in Edinburgh (en)
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