Field Visit
Date 15 June 2000
Event ID 612528
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612528
Standing figure of Adam Black in a fur-trimmed cloak (official robe of Lord Provost of the City), left hand on hip, scroll in right hand held to his chest; on a stone pedestal carved by Robert Thomson.
Adam Black, born Edinburgh 1784. Politician and publisher. Twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1843-1848. Died 1874.
Inscriptions : On north side of pedestal:
ADAM BLACK / LORD PROVOST / AND / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / FOR THE CITY OF EDINBURGH / BORN 1784 DIED 1874
Signatures : On east side of statue plinth:
J. HUTCHISON R.S.A. SCULP - EDINBURGH 1877
Design period : 1876-1877
Year of unveiling : 1877
Unveiling details : 3 November 1877
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0171)
