3-053-620 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Greyfriars Bobby's Memorial, Edinburgh, 1873. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. P. Lothian. 'The inhabitants of Edinburgh are well acquainted with the story of this faithful dog, which attended its master's funeral, and continued four years afterwards to be a constant mourner at his grave in Greyfriars churchyard. Lady Burdett-Coutts, the benevolent patroness of the Society for the Protection of Animals, has erected a monumental fountain in memory of "Greyfriars Bobby," at the corner of George IV. Bridge and Candlemaker-row. The...material is a beautiful red granite from Westmorland. The base consists of an octagonal basin..., which, being raised only a few inches above the ground, affords a drinking-place for dogs. From its centre rises a cylindrical column of polished granite,...terminating in a moulding on which rests the principal basin of the fountain. This is circular, modelled after a classic vase...A second column...rises out of the upper basin, and supports a bronze sitting figure of Bobby, the faithful dog. On the lower column is a bronze plate recording the facts of the dog's history...Mr. Brodie is the sculptor of this work'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.