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Field Visit
Date 28 October 1999
Event ID 612496
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612496
Marble portrait bust of Professor Dick with side whiskers and wearing a toga. The eyes are blank, but the bust is animated by the wavy locks of hair which seem to have a life independent of the head. The toga falls over the right shoulder and reveals the upper chest.
Professor William Dick (1793-1866), founded the Edinburgh Veterinary College.
Inscriptions : Incised in black letters on front of pedestal:
PRESENTED TO / PROFESSOR DICK, / FOUNDER / OF THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE, / BY THE SUBSCRIBERS HIS OLD PUPILS / AND OTHER MEMBERS / OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION / IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HIGH OPINION / OF THE EMINENT SERVICES / RENDERED BY HIM TO VETERINARY SCIENCE. / 1857.
Signatures : On the back of the bust, in the centre:
CLARK STANTON Sc / 1857.
Design period : c. 1857
Year of unveiling : c.1916
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0154)
