Emily Clayton Bishop (April 23, 1883 – March 1, 1912) was an American prize-winning sculptor. Although she died at a young age, her works in bronze and plaster are found in museum collections such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum and in shows such as Modern Women at PAFA (2013). Her childhood home, the Emily Clayton Bishop house, is a Maryland State historic site. The home sold in 2019 for $115,000. Early life Emily Louise Clayton Bishop was born to John Hoye Bishop and Alice (Besore) Bishop on April 23, 1883, in Cavetown, Maryland. John Bishop was civil engineer and the family was prominent in the community. As of 1888, Alice B. Bishop purchased the deed of 66 South Main Street, Smithsburg, for $1650. The house, now known as the Emily Clayton Bishop house, is now a Maryland State historic site. Education Emily Clayton Bishop attended public schools before going to St. Mary's Female Seminary, in St. Mary's City, Maryland. She graduated in 1890. She then attended the Maryland Institute of Art and Design in Baltimore, Maryland from 1901 to 1904. In addition Johns Hopkins University awarded her a teacher's certificate in Art Interpretation and criticism in 1903. She received a scholarship to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. There she studied from 1904 to 1909 with William Merritt Chase. She was regarded as one of PAFA's most promising students, receiving the Packard Prize (1904), the George B. McClellan Anatomy Prize (1905), Honorable Mention in the Edmund Stewardson Competition (1906, 1907, 1910), and the Composition Prize for Sculpture. During this time, she became a friend of Beatrice Fenton and Marjorie Martinet. She was one of an "exuberant coterie of women artists" who convinced sculpture instructor Charles Grafly to add portrait and composition classes to the sculpture program. Bishop was able to travel and study in England, Holland, Italy, and Greece with the support of the Cresson Traveling Scholarship (1907-1908). She was able to study in Paris with Rodin. She graduated from the Academy and established a studio in Philadelphia. Her works appeared in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy (1907, 1910, 1911, 1912), the Chicago Art Institute, and the Baltimore Exhibition of the National Sculpture Society. Death Bishop died Friday, March 1, 1912 and was buried in Smithsburg Cemetery, Smithsburg, Maryland. Her cause of death was given in her obituary as "heart disease", but it has