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One of a series of 12 herm portrait busts of Scottish poets, sited along the pathway at regular intervals on both banks. Each plinth has two information boards attached, one a short biography of the poet and the second an example of their work. This project celebrates great poets and their poetry and provides a series of commissions for Scottish sculptors. The project added four herms per year over three years.

Title

Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999)

Date

2003–2004

Medium

bronze & concrete

Measurements

H 150 x W 30 x D 32 cm (E)

Accession number

EH12_GB_S006

Acquisition method

New Edinburgh Limited

Work type

Bust

Owner

Edinburgh Park

Custodian

Edinburgh Park

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

Naomi Mitchison / Born in Edinburgh in 1897, Naomi Haldane married the Labour politician G.Richard / Mitchison and in 1937 they bought Carradale / House in Kintyre, where she became deeply / involved in local political life. Mitchison's first / novels sprang from her interest in classical / history and mythology, notably The Corn King / and the Spring Queen (1931) , while in the / 1940's and 1950's Scottish themes dominated / her writing. Her sense of the common human/ endeavour was also expressed in her affinity /with the Bakgatha tribe of Botswana, which / adopted her as their advisor and 'mother' in / the 1960's. By the time of her death in 1999, / she had published over 70 works. A story- teller in prose and poetry, she had a distinctive / poetic voice, combining conversational ease / with the strength of the ballad tradition. / Daring as a woman, to speak for her tribes, drawing on ancient collective memory while / articulating the dilemmas and loyalties particular / to certain places and times, Mitchison occupied a unique place in twentieth- century Scottish / literature / sculptor / Archie Forrest

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Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh

EH12 9DH

In Edinburgh Park on the walkway at Lochside Crescent.

Artist or maker

Archie Forrest

b.1950

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