Watercolour of the Scott Monument. It is the large Victorian Gothic spire in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens, built to commemorate Sir Walter Scott. At about 200 feet (around 61 m) tall, it is among the largest monuments to a writer in the world and a dominant feature of the eastern end of Princes Street.
 
After Scott’s death in 1832, funds were raised and an architectural competition held; George Meikle Kemp’s design was chosen, with construction starting in 1840 and completion in 1846. The structure is a multi-tiered Gothic spire on an arched base, built of Binny sandstone, and it incorporates dozens of statues of characters from Scott’s novels carved by various Scottish sculptors. Just visible in the opening is a large Carrara marble statue of Scott with his dog Maida, carved by Sir John Steell from a single 30-ton block of marble.
In total, more than 60 additional figures of his fictional characters are set around the monument, added over several decades after the main structure was finished. so quite ornate and a pain to draw :-)
 
Interesting facts.
Quite a sad one really. The winning designer, George Meikle Kemp, was a little‑known joiner and self‑taught architect who entered the competition under the alias “John Morvo,” borrowing the name of a medieval mason from Melrose Abbey. The foundation stone for the monument was even placed on Kemp's birthday!  But unfortunately he never saw his finished work.
he drowned in the Union Canal in 1844, just weeks before completion, and is buried in St Cuthbert’s kirkyard overlooking the site.