ilia ▁Mc Der ma id ▁Pat on , ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁female ▁Scottish ▁artist ▁and ▁sculpt or ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁with ▁very ▁public ▁comm issions , ▁most ▁not ew orth y ▁being ▁the ▁statue ▁of ▁David ▁Living stone ▁in ▁Prin ces ▁Street ▁Gard ens ▁and ▁Robert ▁Burn s ▁in ▁Dum f ries . ▁She ▁also ▁was ▁the ▁main ▁female ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁stat ues ▁on ▁the ▁Scott ▁Monument , ▁contrib uting ▁three ▁figures ▁there on . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁W oo er ’ s ▁Al ley , ▁Dun fer ml ine , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Joseph ▁Neil ▁Pat on ▁( 1 7 9 7 - 1 8 7 4 ) ▁a ▁dam ask ▁designer ▁and ▁Catherine ▁Mc Di arm id . ▁ ▁She ▁had ▁a ▁sister ▁J em ima , ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 1 ▁November ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁and ▁her ▁brothers ▁were ▁both ▁artists : ▁Joseph ▁No el ▁Pat on ▁( 1 3 ▁December ▁ 1 8 2 1 ▁– ▁ 2 6 ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 1 ) ▁and ▁W aller ▁Hugh ▁Pat on ▁( 2 7 ▁July ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁– ▁ 8 ▁March ▁ 1 8 9 5 ). ▁ ▁She ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁sculpt or ▁under ▁William ▁Bro die ▁in ▁Edinburgh . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁she ▁married ▁the ▁pione er ▁photograph er ▁David ▁Oct av ius ▁Hill ▁as ▁his ▁second ▁wife ▁and