The Statue of Sir Walter Scott is a

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monument at the

South Inch South Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 31 hectares in size,The South Inch, ...

public park in

Perth, Perth and Kinross Perth (locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about 47,43 ...

, Scotland. Standing where

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and King's Place merge, at King Street, it is dedicated to

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

,SOUTH INCH AT FOOT OF KING STREET, STATUE TO SIR WALTER SCOTT
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author of ''

The Fair Maid of Perth ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' (or ''St. Valentine's Day'') is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth (known at the ti ...

'' in 1828. The statue is the work of

John Cochrane and Brothers John Cochrane and Brothers was a family of Scottish sculpture, sculptors known for works in both the United Kingdom and Canada. They were David, James and John Cochrane, the sons of James and Elizabeth (née Paton) Cochrane.

, and was completed in 1845 "Mystery surrounds disappearance of Sir Walter Scott’s faithful deerhound"
- ''Daily Record'', 21 October 2016 as one of their final works before leaving for Canada. It was accidentally acquired by the city

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at the sale of a local sculptor's stock. The statue originally stood at the eastern end of Perth's

High Street High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...

, but was removed to its current location in 1877. It stands upon a corniced square-plan stone plinth raised on two plinths and surmounted by a stone statue depicting the subject. The figure is standing, facing north to King Street, swathed in a

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, with his right hand resting on broken column and his

Scottish Deerhound The Scottish Deerhound, or simply the Deerhound, is a large breed of sighthound, once bred to hunt the red deer by coursing. In outward appearance, the Scottish Deerhound is similar to the Greyhound, but larger and more heavily boned with a rough-c ...

, Maida, lying at his feet. An inscription reads SIR WALTER SCOTT BT 1771–1832. The part of the statue of Scott's dog was stolen in 2020."Police hunt as Sir Walter Scott’s faithful hound goes walkies in Perth"
- ''The Courier'', 6 July 2020 It was also stolen in 2016. An iron railing originally surrounded the statue and at least part of the South Inch's boundary. As with the majority of the city's iron railings, they were removed to be made into

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for the wars.

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File:England and Scotland 218.jpg, Detail File:King Street Railway Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 2496364.jpg, Viewed from King Street, looking south File:Sir_Walter_Scott_Statue,_Perth.jpg, A late-19th-century view, illustrating the iron railing that formerly surrounded the statue, including at its original High Street location. The view into the South Inch is also unobstructed compared to the modern-day foliage that surrounds the statue

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