Statues - Hither & Thither

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Hull
(Kingston-upon-Hull)
East Riding of Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

High Street
(Hull Streetlife Museum, garden)

Minerva, Art and Science

Description

Stone statue of Minerva and two other statues of seated women are set in the garden of the Streetlife Museum. They were originally in the Royal Institution in Albion Street, which building was demolished after bomb damage in the Second World War.

Hull - Minerva, Art and Science
Science
Art

Sculptor

William Day Keyworth Junior (Hull 1843 - Spring Banks, Sculcoats, East Yorkshire 1902), British sculptor (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Hull Daily Mail, 17 February 2019, The fascinating stories behind some of Hull's most famous statues.
Geograph, Database.

Locatie (N 53°44'38" - W 0°19'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh034; Photograph: 25 July 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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