been suggested that she died of tuberculosis. Her obituary appeared in The New York Times, where she was referred to as "one of the most promising of America's younger sculptors." At the time of her death, the Philadelphia Academy of Music was installing memorial tablet that Bishop had completed in honor of the director of the Orpheus Club. Three more of her works were on display at PAFA's annual exhibition: "Woman Knitting", "Portrate of Browning", and "John". After her death, the Pennsylvania Academy held a memorial exhibit of twenty of her bronze sculptures. Sixteen of her works were shown in San Francisco, California at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. She was included in a show of fifty leading women sculptors at The Plastic Club in Philadelphia in 1917, where her bas-relief "Dance of Youth in the Spring" was displayed. Her friend sculptor Beatrice Fenton donated a collection of Bishop's works to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and National Museum of American Art. Her works are in museum collections in the United States, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The Smithsburg Historical Society in Smithsburg, Maryland holds a substantial collection of her works. In 1983 a centennial exhibition of her work was held at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Her friend and fellow artist Beatrice Fenton preserved many of Bishop's papers and works. A retrospective exhibit of 62 pieces of Bishop's work was held at the Renfrew Museum in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania in 2010. Bishop was included in PAFA's exhibition "Modern Women at PAFA: From Cassatt to O'Keeffe" in 2013. The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts includes at least four works by Bishop in its collection. References External links Artworks by Emily Clayton Bishop, PAFA Artworks by Emily Clayton Bishop, Smithsonian American Art Museum Portrait of Emily Clayton Bishop by Charles Grafly, 1907, PAFA 1883 births 1912 deaths American women artists 20th-century American sculptors Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni People from Washington County, Maryland Sculptors from Maryland