Statue of John Wilson, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

7808

Title

Statue of John Wilson, Edinburgh

Description

A bronze statue of the writer John Wilson stands in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. The figure holds a quill and piece of paper. Behind is the Royal Academy and the silhouetted skyline of the Old Town.

Artist / maker

Wilson, George Washington

Date

1880

Size

15.3 x 10.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

A statue of John Wilson, the Scottish writer, was erected on Princes Street in Edinburgh in the year of his death, 1854. Wilson was a key contributor to Blackwood's Magazine under the pseudonym 'Christopher North'.

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Architecture > Monuments > Statues

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