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Allan Ramsay was a poet and bookseller, who had his stall on the Luckenbooths. He built Goosepie House on Castlehill. This statue is in West Princes Street Gardens next to the Floral Clock at the base of the Mound, and was sculpted by John Steell. The statue was 'opened' in 1865, at a joint ceremony with the statue of Professor John Wilson on the other side of the Royal Academy.
The image shows the statue of Allan Ramsay in Princes Street Gardens and was first published in Edinburgh Old and New by James Grant.
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Allan Ramsay Statue - City of Edinburgh Council
Allan Ramsay - BBC Writing Scotland
Bell's British Theatre - The Gentle Shepherd by Allan Ramsay (full text) and other plays
John Steell - Wikipedia
John Steell on Scotland Gazetteer
Portrait of John Steell by David Octavius Hill
Glasgow Sculpture - John Steell
Obituary of John Steell in the New York Times
Related:
Princes Street
West Princes Street Gardens
Nearby:
Floral Clock
Royal Scottish Academy
Other work by John Steell
Prince Albert Statue
Alexander and Bucephalus
Thomas Chalmers Statue
Duke of Wellington Statue