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Edinburgh, East Princes Street Gardens, Dr David Livingstone Statue
Statue (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, East Princes Street Gardens, Dr David Livingstone Statue
Classification Statue (19th Century)
Canmore ID 116834
Site Number NT27SE 943
NGR NT 25617 73914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116834
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 943 25617 73914
Architect: Mrs D O Hill, 1877.
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (15 June 2000)
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)
