Field Visit
Date 15 June 2000
Event ID 612530
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612530
Standing figure of Wilson holding his cloak around him with his right hand in which he also holds a quill, and leaning on a palm tree stump with his left hand. Holding folded papers in his left hand. On pedestal with integral colums with foliate capitals at each corner (of two designs).
The pedestal is the same as the pedestal on the Allan Ramsay monument. Both were designed by David Bryce
John Wilson, born 1785 near Paisley. Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University in 1819. Died in Edinburgh 1854. Buried in the Dean Cemetery. Wilson made his name writing for Blackwood's Magazine under the pseudonym of Christopher North.
Inscriptions : On north side of pedestal:
JOHN WILSON
BORN 18TH MAY 1785
DIED 1ST APRIL 1854
Signatures : On base of plant on which Wilson leans:
JN STEELL . R.S.A.
Sculpt Edinr
1865
Design period : 1856 - 1865
Year of unveiling : 1865
Unveiling details : 25 March 1865
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0172)
