Field Visit
Date 25 April 2002
Event ID 612846
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612846
Panel containing three bronze portrait medallions of John Wilson, John Templeton and David Kennedy. Wilson and Templeton (left and right) are facing inwards; Kennedy (centre) is facing right. Around each bust is a wreath, and below each is the singer's name. Above the central portrait is a floral design containing a lyre.
In the Town Council Minutes of 23 January 1894, it was reported that a committee of the Edinburgh Burns Club asked permission from the Town Council of Edinburgh to affix the tablet in the face of the boundary wall at the west end of Princes Street Gardens. A Sub-Committee of the Public Parks Committee, after visiting and considering various sites, recommended that the panel be attached to the rock face fronting Regent Road immediately to the east of the steps leading from the end of Waterloo Place to Calton Hill.
Commemorates three 19th century singers who took Scots songs all over the world: John Wilson (1800-49) who died in Quebec; John Templeton (1802-86); David Kennedy (1825-86).
Inspected By : Emma Retson
Inscriptions : In centre of plaque, above portrait of Kennedy (incised letters): IN / MEMORIAM
Below portrait of Wilson (incised letters): WILSON
Below portrait of Templeton (incised letters): TEMPLETON
Below portrait of Kennedy (incised letters): KENNEDY / 1825-1886
Signatures : On bottom right edge (incised letters): W G STEVENSON
Design period : 1893-1894
Year of unveiling : 1894
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0475)
