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Amelia Robertson Hill

1820–1904

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1882
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Amelia Robertson Hill (15 January 1821 – 5 July 1904), birth record Emmilia McDermaid Paton, was a prominent Scottish artist and sculptor throughout the 19th century and one of the few with public commissions. Her most noteworthy works are the statue of David Livingstone in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh and statue of Robert Burns in Dumfries. She was the main female contributor to the statues on the Scott Monument, contributing three figures.

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    Amelia Robertson Hill
    1882
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
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