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 coordinates	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	Incorporated in observatory compound wall[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			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

Colinton[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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		—
	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
	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
	Gentoo Penguin	Edinburgh Zoo
	Nils Olav (penguin soldier)	Edinburgh Zoo

Craigentinny[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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]

Cramond[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	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

Inverleith[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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 coordinates	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][15]
	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				[16]
	6 Times (6th figure)	Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh 55°59′01″N 3°10′35″W / 55.9836°N 3.17636°W / 55.9836; -3.17636	2010	Antony Gormley	Statue	Cast iron			[17][18]
	Sandy Irvine Robertson OBE (1942-1999)	The Shore, Leith 55°58′41″N 3°10′10″W / 55.9780°N 3.16933°W / 55.9780; -3.16933	1999[19]	Lucy Poett	Statue sitting on bench	Bronze	Life-size

New Town[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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)	1834	Thomas Campbell	Sculptural group (with horse)	Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth		Category A-listed	Designed in 1829 as centrepiece for Charlotte Square but erected in 1834 at Dundas House
	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[20]
	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.[21]
	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.[22]
	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	1991	Eduardo Paolozzi	Three part sculpture	Bronze		—	Outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral[23]
	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		—	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	Helen Denerley	Statues of giraffes	Recycled metal, painted		—	Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding.[24] Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base.
	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.[25]
	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		—	Unveiled 25 November 2008.[26]

Niddrie[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Gulliver in Edinburgh			Jimmy Boyle	Land art				Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences

Old Town[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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.[27]
	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[28]
	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.	[29]
	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)[30]
	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	[31]
	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.	[32]
	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.	[33]
	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 hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration		Category A-listed	Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson[34]
	William Chambers	Chambers Street 55°56′51″N 3°11′23″W / 55.94738°N 3.18979°W / 55.94738; -3.18979 (William Chambers)	1888–91	John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal)		Category B-listed	Architect: Hippolyte Blanc[35]
	Witches' Well	Castlehill 55°56′56″N 3°11′47″W / 55.94890°N 3.19643°W / 55.94890; -3.19643 (Witches' Well, Edinburgh)	1894	John Duncan	Memorial drinking fountain with plaque	Bronze ?			Memorial to accused witches executed nearby
	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	[36]
	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.	[37]
	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	[38]
	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	[39][40]
	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.[41]
	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	[42]
	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		—
	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		—	[43]
	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		—
	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		—
	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		—
	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[44]
	William Henry Playfair	Chambers Street 55°56′51″N 3°11′20″W / 55.94757°N 3.18893°W / 55.94757; -3.18893 (W H Playfair Statue)	2016	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze		—

Portobello[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Coade Stone Pillars	Portobello Promenade

Princes Street[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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.[45]
	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.[46]
	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).[47]
	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[48]
	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.[49]
	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 Robertson 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.[50]
	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
More images	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.[51]
	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.[52]
	Norwegian War Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens	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)	1987–9	Ian Hamilton Finlay	Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees	Flagstone		—	Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.[53]
	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 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
	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[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	James Watt	Heriot Watt Campus 55°54′33″N 3°19′12″W / 55.90930°N 3.32003°W / 55.90930; -3.32003 (James Watt Statue)	1854	Peter Slater	Statue	Bronze			Copy of statue by Sir Francis Chantrey. Moved from Chambers Street, Edinburgh

South Gyle[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	The Wealth of Nations	Redheughs Avenue	1993	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Cast metal			Features 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

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	[54]
	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.[55]
	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.[56]
	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 designed column. John Stevenson 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[57] 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.[58]
	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.[59]
	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	[60]
	Rhinoceros head Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	William Darrell	Architectural sculpture	Bronze		—	[61]
	The Haynes Nano-stage Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	David Forsyth	Sculpture	Stainless steel		—	[61]
	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		—	[62] Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings.[63]
	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		—	[62][63]
	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)	—	[64]

Trinity[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	King 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 [65]

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.[66]
	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		—	Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty.[67]
	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		—
	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[]

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		—	[68]
	Reclining Figure	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	1951	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)		—	[69]
	Master of the Universe	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1989	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze		—	[70]
	Landform	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2001	Charles Jencks	Land art			—	[71]
	Macduff Circle	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	2002	Richard Long	Land art	Slate		—	[72]
	6 Times (1st figure)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2010	Antony Gormley	Statue			—

References[]

External links[]

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