Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Inscription(s)

Signed: J.B. PHILIP sculpt. / london 1867
H. PRINCE & co. founders / southwark

Annotation

From the Nottinghamshire Guardian:

The Oastler Monument at Bradford. - This monument proves very attractive to visitors, the Leeds Mercury says, and since its erection has been visited by many hundreds of people, who stand in admiring groups, more especially on Saturdays and Sundays, gazing at the tall figure of Mr. Oastler and the two factory children. General satisfaction is expressed at the life-like portraiture of the "Factory King" by old people who knew him in the flesh, and the remark of a gentleman who knew Oastler well, "How like him it is," finds an echo in many a breast. The only fault the critics have to find with the monument is that the pedestal is rather too low, but this, of course, is a mere matter of opinion. All agree that the workmanship both of the statue and the pedestal is excellent.

Sculptor

• John Birnie Philip (1824-1875), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Jane Winfrey, Bradford's Sculpture Trail, Bradford City Centre Management, 2003 (PDF on-line).
• Nottinghamshire Guardian - Friday 11 June 1869 ( British Newspaper Archive).

Tags

• Town: Bradford
• County: West Yorkshire
• Subdivision: Yorkshire & Humberside
• Country: Great Britain
• Man with children
• Oastler, Richard
• Philip, John Birnie
• Prince (Southwark)
• Social activist
• Statue (man)

Locatie (N 53°47'48" - W 1°45'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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