Statue of David Livingstone, Princes Street, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

12849

Title

Statue of David Livingstone, Princes Street, Edinburgh

Description

The statue of David Livingston on Princes Street, Edinburgh shows him standing holding a bible. Behind him are the branches of autumnal trees beginning to lose their leaves.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

A statue of David Livingston, 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

People > Religion > Missionaries

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Reading and books

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