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Field Visit
Date 4 September 2001
Event ID 613170
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613170
Ornately canopied niche containing statue of Rev. Andrew Bell wearing the robes of a divine, and holding an open book [a Bible] in his hands.
According to 'The Buildings of Scotland, Edinburgh', Dr. Bell endowed the school in 1831. (1)
Inspected By : IC. Grant
Inscriptions : Below niche (raised numbers): 1839
On left of niche (incised letters): REV. / ANDREW BELL / DD LL.D F.R.S.E. / BORN AT ST ANDREWS / 1753 / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 1832 / AND BURIED IN / WESTMINSTER ABBEY // AUTHOR OF THE / MADRAS SYSTEM / OF EDUCATION TO / CARRY OUT WHICH / HE FOUNDED SCHOOLS / IN LEITH AND OTHER / PLACES. THE / SYSTEM HAS NOW / BEEN SUPERCEDED / BY THE EDUCATION / GIVEN UNDER THE / EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) / ACTS 1872 TO 1873 / 1892
On right of niche, above carving of a sailing ship in a roundel (incised letters): LEITH SCHOOL BOARD
On right of niche, below sailing ship (incised letters): PERSEVERE
Below roundel (incised letters): DR / BELL'S SCHOOL / JUNCTION STREET // ERECTED 1838 // ACQUIRED FROM / THE GOVERNORS OF / BELL'S TRUST BY THE / LEITH SCHOOL BOARD / AND RECONSTRUCTED / BY THEM AS / GREAT JUNCTION STREET / PUBLIC SCHOOL / IN / 1892 / ROBERT SOMERVILLE / CHAIRMAN / ROBERT HARDIE / CLERK
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1838-1839
Year of unveiling : 1839
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0690)
