Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

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The monument consists of a pair of colossal, full-length bronze representations of the characters Alan Breck and David Balfour from Stevenson's novel 'Kidnapped'. They stand side-by-side on a substantial, cairn-like pedestal of rubble masonry.
Title

Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

Date

2002–2004

Medium

bronze, concrete, sandstone & forged steel

Measurements

H 520 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

EH12_DF_S002

Work type

Monument

Owner

Wallace and 33 Ellersly Road Owners’ Association

Custodian

Wallace and 33 Ellersly Road Owners’ Association

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

8th September 2004

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

STODDART PAISLEY 2003

Inscription description

1850 ROBERT LOUIS 1894 / STEVENSON

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Located at

Corstorphine Road,

EH12 6JQ

Set in the boundary wall of the Guardianswood housing development, a short distance east of the junction with Ellersly Road.