Statue of Robert Fergusson, Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

12493

Title

Statue of Robert Fergusson, Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Description

Detail of the bronze statue of Robert Fergusson outside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Railings of the churchyard can be seen behind.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

A statue of the poet Robert Fergusson was erected outside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, in 2004. Fergusson's poetry was a key influence on the work of Robert Burns. Burns in fact paid for a headstone for the poet's grave in the Canongate Burial Ground, and penned the memorial verse inscribed on it. Fergusson's life was tragically short, ending in the Edinburgh's Bedlam, situated to the east of what is now Forrest Road. He died, aged only 24, following a period of severe depression and a bad head injury.

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Architecture > Monuments > Statues

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