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Field Visit
Date 15 June 2000
Event ID 612526
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612526
Standing figure of David Livingstone, book in outstretched right hand, long-handled axe in left, with lion skin behind him; on a stone pedestal.
David Livingstone, born Blantyre 1813, died in Africa while searching for the source of the Nile, 1873.
Inscriptions : On north-east side of pedestal:
LIVINGSTONE
Signatures : On north-west side of statue plinth :
AMELIA. R. HILL. Sc. / EDINBURGH. 1875.
On south-east side of statue plinth:
R. MASEFIELD & Co / Founders / LONDON
Design period : 1875 - 1876
Year of unveiling : 1876
Unveiling details : 15 August 1876
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0170)
