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View of Ross Fountain from east

SC 466185

Description View of Ross Fountain from east

Catalogue Number SC 466185

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 8157 CT

Scope and Content Ross Fountain, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh West Princes Street Gardens, on the west side of the Mound, were formed by the draining of the Nor' Loch in the 1760s. They were designed and landscaped by James Skene in 1816 as private gardens for the residents of Princes Street. The Ross Fountain is almost hidden by trees in the gardens. This huge structure, crowded with voluptuous figures, was cast in iron in Paris for the International Exhibition of 1862, and presented to the city of Edinburgh by Daniel Ross, a local gunsmith. The fountain was put in the gardens discreetly out of sight. Dean Ramsay, minister of nearby St John's Church, described it as 'Grossly indecent and disgusting; insulting and offensive to the moral feelings of the community and disgraceful to the City.' Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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