Edward Elgar, George Robertson Sinclair, and Dan blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot occurred, in 1898, the incident depicted in Variation No.11 of Sir Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma). Dan, a bulldog belonging to Dr. George Robertson Sinclair, Organist of the Cathedral, fell in the river during a walk with "G. R. S." and his friend, the composer.

Sir Edward Elgar was a renowned English composer who significantly contributed to classical music in the late Romantic period; Dan, Dr. George Robertson Sinclair's bulldog, inspired Variation No.11 ("Nimrod") in Elgar's Enigma Variations following an incident where Dan fell into a river during a walk with Sinclair and Elgar.