Statues - Hither & Thither

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

Victoria Square
(Hull Maritime Museum)

Commerce and Prosperity

Description

The Dock Offices building - headquarters of the Hull Dock Company, which operated all docks in Hull - was built in 1868-71 after designs of the architect Christopher George Wray. Now it houses the Hull Maritime Museum, The tympanum "is magnificently carved with sculptures representing 'Commerce' and 'Prosperity,' with the figure of a river god representing the river Humber." The pediment is topped with a crest of seated male and female figures flanking a grouping of three baroque cartouches and two cornucopiae, containing the Royal arms and those of Hull and Trinity House.

Sculptor

John Underwood, Monumental, Ecclesiastical, and Architectural Sculptor, firm founded 1843 (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Hull Maritime Museum.
Historic England, Maritime Museum (formerly Town Docks Museum).
Hull Packet - Friday 6 October 1871 (British Newspaper Archive).

Locatie (N 53°44'37" - W 0°20'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh051; 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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