Union Terrace Gardens

Aberdeen’s most elaborate granite sculpture, designed by Alfred Drury RA and carved by James Philip, stands on a polished red Peterhead granite plinth. The statue depicts King Edward VII holding a sceptre and orb, dressed in the robes of the Order of the Garter—the oldest and most senior order of British chivalry. A bronze ornamental frieze sits below the statue.

This bronze by Henry Bain Smith (1857-1893) was cast in July 1892 and unveiled two months later.

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Designed by Thomas Campbell (1790-1858) of Edinburgh, this work was the first large public statue in Aberdeen and the first statue in Britain to be carved in granite.