Statue of Hygeia, St Bernard's Well

Category

Library Item

Item no

17749

Title

Statue of Hygeia, St Bernard's Well

Description

A statue of a woman, the goddess Hygeia is surrounded by an exterior structure of columns which is supported by scaffolding. The figure wears Grecian style dress and a headdress in her hair. In her right hand she holds an offering cup and she balances an upturned vase on top of a small pillar with her left. A snake's head can be seen reaching up to the vase. Trees and shrubbery are in the background along the Water of Leith.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2008

Type

Digital image

St Bernard's Well is situated on the Water of Leith close to Stockbridge. The current surrounding structure was designed by Alexander Naismyth and built in the 1790's. It has a domed ceiling supported by ten columns covering a statue of the goddess Hygeia. Water from the mineral spring was popular for its supposed health giving properties from the mid 18th century until the wells closure in 1940.

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Animals > Reptiles > Snakes

Architecture > Monuments > Statues

Places > Edinburgh areas > Water of Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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