Site type STATUE
Canmore ID 116670
Site Number NT27SE 1280
NGR NT 25512 73883
Council EDINBURGH, CITY OF
Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District CITY OF EDINBURGH
Former County MIDLOTHIAN

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Architectural Notes

NT27SE 1280 25512 73883

Architect: T Hutchison, 1877.

Notes and Activities

1997 to January 2010

PROJECT

Notes The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Further details

15 June 2000

FIELD VISIT

Project Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

Notes Standing figure of Adam Black in a fur-trimmed cloak (official robe of Lord Provost of the City), left hand on hip, scroll in right hand held to his chest; on a stone pedestal carved by Robert Thomson.
Adam Black, born Edinburgh 1784. Politician and publisher. Twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1843-1848. Died 1874.
Inscriptions : On north side of pedestal:
ADAM BLACK / LORD PROVOST / AND / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH / BORN 1784 DIED 1874
Signatures : On east side of statue plinth:
J. HUTCHISON R.S.A. SCULP - EDINBURGH 1877
Design period : 1876-1877
Year of unveiling : 1877
Unveiling details : 3 November 1877
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0171)


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