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Bruin the Polar Bear and Mr Jamieson the Draper

Bruin the Polar Bear and Mr Jamieson the Draper
Near the Corner of Castle Street and High Street, Dundee

Info from Dundee City Council: "The statue commemorates the 1878 escape and subsequent safe recapture of a polar bear [named Bruin], one of two brought from Davis’ Straits by a local whaling ship and bought for exhibition in Commercial Street by a Mr Woods. Quoted from the Public Art Dundee website

Nouchetdu38, Denis Croissant, Malik Raoulda, Fred Fouarge and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club has replied
Merci pour ce beau compliment Malik. Bon week-end. Amitiés, Joe
7 weeks ago.
 Denis Croissant
Denis Croissant club
Wow....I think I missed quite a few of the sculptures on my visit to Dundee!
7 weeks ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club has replied
Check them out at https://publicartdundee.org/.
7 weeks ago.
 Denis Croissant
Denis Croissant club has replied
Cheers Joe!
6 weeks ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club has replied
It's a good website for learning the location of statues and murals.
6 weeks ago.

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