"200 statues of men, 2 statues of women"
http://womeninstoneedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/living-statues-of-2012.html
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Campaign for more statues of women
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Quite right too. James Barry would be an interesting one.
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be interested in the figures as to when the statues were put up.
eg are we talking about 190 that were put up 50+ years ago,or is a ongoing thing?Posted 12 years ago # -
"are we talking about 190 that were put up 50+ years ago,or is a ongoing thing?
Both.
These are just from the Royal Mile -
Posted 12 years ago # -
I think it's more a shouldn't we even it out a little now in this day and age?
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Be careful what you wish for.
I can think of one very influential woman from the late 20th century.
I'm sure Fluck and Law still have the mould.
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If it is Edinburgh statuary we are talking then ergo it would be Scottish women, preferably frae Embra. So how about Marie Stopes for starters, born in Abercrombie Place (No 3 - where there is a plaque). Any suggestions from anyone else?
@wfb - not sure that MT would get that privilege as she is English (thank heavens)
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Elsie Inglis, without a shadow of a doubt!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Inglis for those who haven't heard of her (and red faces!)Posted 12 years ago # -
There doesn't seem to be a Scottish rule on Glasgow statues.
That would exclude Rosalind Franklin too.
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My dad always reckoned that Dora Noyce was worthy of a statue - perhaps in recognition of her devoted service to the politicians, church elders and lawmakers of the day.............
Posted 12 years ago # -
A genuine laugh out loud one, that was.
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I had to Google. Said it before, will say it again: CCE = edutainment.
Posted 12 years ago # -
And we're talking real people with assumed names -
Madame Doubtfire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge,_Edinburgh
Posted 12 years ago # -
Betty Marsden was also English but much appreciated by Graham Chapman and therefore worthy of a memorial.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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Scottish sculptor Kenny Hunter, whose works includes the Citizen Firefighter statue in Glasgow, backed the call for more statues of influential women in Scotland. He said: "It is a bit of a no-brainer – there are lots of dead white guys on plinths in Scotland, which doesn't really reflect current society and culture."
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http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13106453.Why_so_few_statues_of_great_Scotswomen_/
Posted 9 years ago # -
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Kate Joester, 35, from Granton, has been campaigning to see more statues of women erected across the Capital. Although there are hundreds of such monuments in Edinburgh only two are women – the statue of Queen Victoria at the bottom of Leith Walk, erected in 1907, and Anne Davidson’s anonymous African Woman and Child, unveiled in Festival Square in 1986.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/support-for-calls-to-repair-elsie-inglis-grave-1-3181684
Posted 9 years ago # -
Have there been many statues erected during the last 20 years in Edinburgh? The only (traditional) one I can think off is Maxwell on George Street.
Posted 9 years ago # -
@steveo David Hume all toga'd up outside the High Court on the High Street.
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Oh, and the Kidnapped characters out on Costorphine Road.
Them, Hume and Maxwell all Sandy Stoddart's work. Is he Scotland's only extant statuesmith?
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More than I thought actually. We must be running out of space to put these dead white men (and dogs).
The (small c) conservative in me would be uncomfortable removing existing folk and replacing them with likely equally worthy women though don't think a moratorium on dead white men on plinths would be bad thing.
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There's a good list here of women who might plausibly be expected to have been statued
https://edinburgheye.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/statues-edinburgh-women/
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Quite good that Wikipedia page.
Potentially some anonymous women on the Ross Fountain.
Another one or two at the Galleries of Modern Art (not sure about that Moore).Must be various Virgin Marys about the place.
I thought that the Edith Simon sculpture in the Astley Ainslie might have contained a female figure but perhaps not.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Statuary does feel a fairly dated concept, but I'm not sure why. I suppose when developers are looking to drop a focal point into a development they tend to go for a more abstract piece of art (those Picardy Place giraffes, frinstance). Still not sure why - maybe less baggage attached to giraffes than politicians/City Fathers (or Mothers).
I guess the redevelopment of Picardy Place as a bit of a transport interchange would be a good opportunity to put up a statue of the female kind in an appropriately prominent place. Time to pick a subject and start the fundraising drive?
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Interestingly, Jenny Geddes doesn't have a statue - but her stool does (inside St Giles).
Posted 9 years ago # -
"might have contained a female figure but perhaps not"
Pretty sure the middle one is a female nurse.
Must look again - I actually repaired a bit of damage on one of the figures, but I can't remember which one!
Posted 9 years ago # -
The gigantic Paolozzi bronze foot in front of St Mary's cathedral is female isn't it?
I suspect the era of public statuation of revered individuals is over. I'm not entirely convinced that we'll even see Her Britannic Majesty Elizabeth the Second immortalised in copper alloy after what will undoubtedly be her lamented passing.
It's probably for the best - who'd want their humanity scoured clean enough to warrant a plinth?
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Could be right on the foot, it definitely looks like it has nail varnish on it, which does not make it female as such
However it is just a foot, not a whole person
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IWRATS - I believe she has the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square reserved for an equestrian statue of her.
...it's the one they currently use for the weird stuff...
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