Allan Ramsay Monument, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh

The Allan Ramsay Monument, located in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, was designed by Sir John Steell in 1850 and later by David Bryce in 1865. It features a pedestrian figure of Allan Ramsay dressed in 18th century costume, complete with a cape and holding a book. The figure is made of Carrara marble and stands on a square-plan corniced ashlar pedestal. This pedestal is adorned with Corinthian colonnettes at the corners and high relief sculpted profile portraits on each side.

The monument's square-plan Baronial substructure, designed by Bryce, is constructed from stugged sandstone with polished dressings. It includes a timber boarded door on the west elevation, which has decorative iron hinges and is set within a roll-moulded surround topped with a rope hoodmould. The corners of the substructure are stop-chamfered, and it features corbelled corners above that are decorated with carved masks. Additionally, there is rope moulding and cannon spouts along the corbel course, and the roof is finished with a balustrade that has semicircular corners.