PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0008 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Bust of David Bryce: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 7 Sculptor: George MacCallum Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: South West Road: Lauriston Place Location: Within entrance hall of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH3 Previously at: Setting: Inside building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: Year of Installation: Details: Design 1868 Category: Commemorative Category: Sculptural Class Type: Statue SubType: Define under Subject Type Subject Figurative SubType: Bust Subject Portrait SubType: Bust Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Bust White marble 59.1cm H > Pedestal Glazed ceramic Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Lothian Health Board Condition Report Overall Condition: Good Risk Assessment: No known risk Structural Condition Comment Surface Character: Comment Abrasions, cracks, splits Small chips at corner of pedestal Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On front of pedestal (black letters): DAVID BRYCE / R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. / ARCHITECT Signatures: None Visible Physical Severe Roman-style bust of David Bryce, unclothed, turning slightly to his right. Description: Person or event David Bryce (1803-1876) was the architect of the then new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Lauriston commemorated: Place, having previously designed the New Surgical Hospital. History of This is one of four busts of David Bryce by George MacCallum. The others are in the Scottish National Commission Portrait Gallery, Fettes College, and Castlemilk in Dumfriesshire (a house built by Bryce in 1863). : Exhibitions: Related Works: Legal Precedents: References: V. Fiddes and A. Rowan, David Bryce (1803-1876). Centenary Exhibition Catalogue, 197, On-site inspectio, Notes: Photo Details: ID By Date Medium Ref Digitised Digi ref Selected? Book > 4 DK 28/10/99 CS 3/32-33 Not Digitised No Inspected: 28/10/1999 by: Dianne King Data Entry: 20/04/2000 12:30:50 by: Daniel Lee Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0008 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Data Entry: 21/12/2006 11:21:12 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 22/04/2009 12:24:10 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 22/04/2009 14:23:55 by: Tracy Smith To Editor: No Returned: No Re Entered: No Finally Checked: No Page 2 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0010 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Bust of James Syme: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 9 Sculptor: William Brodie Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: South West Road: Lauriston Place Location: In entrance hall of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH3 Previously at: Setting: Inside building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: Presented by the subscribers to the Syme Testimonial Fund Year of Installation: Details: Design 1870 Category: Commemorative Category: Sculptural Class Type: Statue SubType: Define under Subject Type Subject Figurative SubType: Bust Subject Portrait SubType: Bust Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Bust White marble > Pillar Pink granite? > Base Marble Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Lothian Health Board Condition Report Overall Condition: Good Risk Assessment: No known risk Structural Condition Comment Other The bust is recorded in the R.I.E. archivist's notes as broken and repaired by Steven Gorden (?) of Stenhouse Conservation Centre, Edinburgh, in 1992 Surface Character: Comment No damage Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On pillar (gold incised letters): JAMES SYME / 1800-1870 Signatures: At back above small pedestal: W. BRODIE R.S.A. 1870 Physical Bust of James Syme wearing a robe, with his head turned slightly to his right; on a circular pedestal on Description: top of a pink stone pillar. Syme has longish straight hair, parted on the left side and coming over the top of his ears; and long side whiskers. His face is long with a high receding hairline and blank eyes. Person or event James Syme (1800-1870) was appointed Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the R.I.E. in 1833, and commemorated: became known as the 'Napoleon of Surgery'. History of In June 1871 the Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh received a Commission letter from Dr C. Murchison of 79 Walpole Street, London (dated 10 June 1871). This stated that the : Subscribers to the Syme Testimonial Fund 'will decide to present to the [R.I.E.] a marble bust of the late Professor Syme by Brodie, with a suitable granite pedestal, on condition that the same be placed in the entrance Hall, or some equally prominent place of the present Infirmary, and afterwards in a corresponding place in the new Royal Infirmary about to be erected. The bust will be ready for presentation in August.' (1) A further letter from Dr Murchison, dated 4 September 1871, stated 'in the name of the Subscribers to the Memorial to the late Professor Syme I have now the pleasure to present to the Managers of the [R.I.E.] a marble Bust of Professor Syme.' 'The bust with a granite pedestal will be obtained on your applying to Mr Brodie, the Sculptor.' (2) Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0010 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Exhibitions: Related Works: Legal Precedents: References: Lothian Health Board Minute Book 51 (LHB 1/1/51, p.229 (meeting 25/04/1910) 1 Lothian Health Board Minute Book 26 (LHB 1/1/26, pp.8-9 (meeting 19/06/1871) 2 Lothian Health Board Minute Book 26 (LHB 1/1/26, p.122 (meeting 11/09/1871) Notes: Photo Details: ID By Date Medium Ref Digitised Digi ref Selected? Book > 5 DK 28/10/99 CS 3/28-29 Not Digitised No Inspected: 28/10/1999 by: Dianne King Data Entry: 20/04/2000 13:46:30 by: Daniel Lee Data Entry: 26/05/2005 13:19:51 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 21/12/2006 11:29:27 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 13/08/2008 13:12:43 by: Public Access Data Entry: 22/04/2009 14:26:11 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 22/04/2009 14:37:56 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 22/04/2009 15:09:58 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 27/04/2009 15:13:53 by: Tracy Smith To Editor: No Returned: No Re Entered: No Finally Checked: No Page 2 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0011 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Narratives ('The Bed Plaque Project'); Royal Infirmary of 10 Edinburgh Sculptor: Marian Fountain and Other: Gingko Projects Ltd Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: Little France Road: Little France Crescent, off Old Dalkeith Road Location: Along wall of north corridor of first floor of new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, between Ward 101 and Ward 104 A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH16 4SA Previously at: Setting: Inside building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: R.I.E. Arts Committee (with the Staff Steering Group and Lothian Health Services Archive) Year of Installation: 2009 Details: Design 2007-2009 Category: Commemorative Category: Sculptural Class Type: Other SubType: Define in freetext Installation Subject Figurative SubType: Group Subject Figurative SubType: Head Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Historic bed plaques Brass / bronze and wood Various > New reliefs Bronze Various Work is: Extant Listing Status: Not listed Custodian/Owner: NHS Lothian Condition Report Overall Condition: Good Risk Assessment: No known risk Structural Condition Comment Good Surface Character: Comment Good Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: [Various inscriptions, on each of seven historic plaques] Signatures: None Physical Five wall installations incorporating historic plaques, mostly bed plaques, from the old Royal Infirmary Description: of Edinburgh, with new small bronze plaques by Marian Fountain. Each installation has a different theme and a different overall shape, inspired by the historic pieces and by stories from working and retired R.I.E. staff. Approaching from the lifts: (1) Narratives: a long line of historic rectangular plaques begins at the left with a bronze relief floor plan of the Lauriston Place R.I.E., opened in 1879, and ends with a thistle partly formed of the floor plan of the new R.I.E., opened in 2003. Spaced out above the historic plaques are twelve bronze reliefs featuring waving hands, schematic heads and figures. These move from long horizontal forms, shortening to a circle, and then vertical ovals. It represents an overview of hands-on involvement with the hospital over the years, including the giving of funds, research, nutrition, hygiene, volunteering and spiritual care. (2) Subscribers: a large vertical historic plaque commemorates funds raised for the R.I.E. by the League of Subscribers 1918-1948, coal and shale miners who were often treated at the hospital. An integral bas relief shows miners and other members of the Edinburgh populace walking in procession towards the left. Either side of this is a new rectangular relief showing a crowd of abstracted heads. Beyond the new relief on the left is a historic plaque of a Freemasons 1941 Endowment; beyond the new relief on the right is a plaque listing various institutional donors. The layout of these five plaques forms part of a cross. (3) Nursing: between two large historical plaques, a bronze relief of a pelican on its nest is surrounded by an outline of the globe. Five historical plaques, decreasing in size, form a stepped base for the nest. Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0011 06-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC This represents the prestigious pelican badge for nursing, whose holders worked across the world.