Feted, forgotten, redeemed: how Edmonia Lewis made her mark

A bust rediscovered in a Scottish stately home has sparked fresh interest in the pioneering black US sculptorA bust by the first female black American to work as a professional sculptor went on show in the UK last week after languishing in a cupboard at a stately home for more than 100 years.The work, a bust of Christ, was created by Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) in her studio in Rome in 1870. Lewis was internationally renowned in her day but died in obscurity in London. She was buried in an unmarke