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Title
Greyfriars Bobby
Date
1873
Medium
granite & bronze
Measurements
H 226 x W 106 x D 106 cm
Accession number
EH1_GB_S009
Work type
Statue
Owner
City of Edinburgh Council
Custodian
City of Edinburgh Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
14th November 1873
Listing date
29/04/77
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on proximal plinth below dog’s tail: WM BRODIE. R.S.A. Sc. 1872.
Inscription description
GREYFRIARS BOBBY / FROM THE LIFE JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH; in raised letters on a bronze plaque attached to the front of the lower column: A TRIBUTE / TO THE AFFECTIONATE FIDELITY OF / GREYFRIARS BOBBY. / IN 1858 THIS FAITHFUL DOG FOLLOWED / THE REMAINS OF HIS MASTER TO GREYFRIARS / CHURCHYARD AND LINGERED NEAR THE SPOT / UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1872. / ——— / WITH PERMISSION / ERECTED BY THE / BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS
