Statue of David Livingstone, Princes Street, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

12850

Title

Statue of David Livingstone, Princes Street, Edinburgh

Description

The statue of David Livingston in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. The figure holds a bible and a lion's head lies next to his boots. A corner of the Scott Monument can be seen in the background.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

A statue of David Livingstone, the explorer and missionary, stands in Princes Street Gardens, a short distance east of the Scott Monument. The statue is by Amelia Robertson Paton Hill, the wife of the photographer David Octavius Hill, and was shown at the Royal Academy in 1869. David Livingstone died in the country now known as Zambia in 1873.

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Architecture > Monuments > Statues

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