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Title
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Date
2011–2013
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 120 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
EH13_DF_S013
Work type
Statue
Custodian
Colinton Community Conservation Trust
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
26th October 2013
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
ALAN B HERRIOT 2013
Inscription description
“ALL THROUGH MY BOYHOOD AND / YOUTH I WAS KNOWN AND POINTED / OUT FOR THE PATTERN OF AN IDLER; / AND YET I WAS ALWAYS BUSY ON / MY OWN PRIVATE END, / WHICH WAS TO LEARN TO WRITE. / I KEPT ALWAYS TWO BOOKS IN / MY POCKET, ONE TO READ, / AND ONE TO WRITE IN.” / “MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS” / ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON