Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

On the western façade is a large 7 m (23 ft) high relief symbolizing Speed. Although nothing is said about it in the 1934 Liverpool Daily Post, it is believed that the model for the figure was the aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941, see here), probably because of the flying helmet and goggles.

George's Dock Building houses ventilation machinery for the Queensway Tunnel. It was built in the 1930s in the Art Deco style, to the designs of architect Herbert Rowse.

Sculptors

• George Capstick (Breaston, Derbyshire 1885 - Liverpool 1964), English sculptor, partner of Edmund Thompson, c. 1925 to c. 1939 (Mapping of Sculpture).
  
• Edmund C. Thompson (Belfast 1898 - 1961), English sculptor, active in Liverpool, c. 1925 to c. 1939 in partnership with George Capstick (Wikipedia – Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, List of public art in Liverpool.
• Wikipedia, George's Dock Building.
• Liverpool Daily Post, 16 May 1934 (British Newspaper Archive).
• Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool University Press, 1997, p. 131.
• Mike McKiernan, 'Edmund C. Thompson assisted by George T. Capstick, Speed - the Modern Mercury 1931'. Occupational Medicine, 65, 6, (August 2015), pp. 429-430 (Online).

Tags

• Town: Liverpool
• County: Merseyside
• Subdivision: North West England
• Country: Great Britain
• Aviation Pioneer
• Capstick, George
• Johnson, Amy
• Speed
• Thompson, Edmund

Locatie (N 53°24'16" - W 2°59'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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