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(Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases)

The Good Samaritan

Description

Sculpture of the Good Samaritan 'pouring oil into the wounds of the sufferer by the wayside' in the pediment of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, built in 1861 as Bath Mineral Water Hospital.
The building is in a small street and the sculpture is difficult to see.

Sculptor

Henry Ezard, jun. (1828? - 1868), English sculptor from Bath (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Cotswolds Info, Bath Sculptures.
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday 11 July 1861 (British Newspaper Archive).

Locatie (N 51°22'56" - W 2°21'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbsw085; Photograph: 22 March 2019
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