Detail View: SHIMMER: Monument to Thomas Attwood
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Title:
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Monument to Thomas Attwood
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Creation Date:
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1993
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Dimensions:
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2 m long
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Image Date:
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1994
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Birmingham
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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bronze , stone - reinforced and reconstituted
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Display Creator:
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COPPINGER , PEEVER
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Image ID:
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94-1001
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Description:
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Plaque by the monument: THOMAS ATTWOOD 1783-1856 / Birmingham's first Member of Parliament / by Sioban Coppinger and Fiona Peever 1993 / Presented to the City by Mrs Priscilla Mitchell / "Possunt Quia Posse Videntur" Attwood was one of Birmingham's first two MP's and a prominent agitator for Parliamentary reforms. The monument in Chamberlain Square consists of a lifesize sculpture of Attwood reclining, feather quill in hand on steps in the Square. He is studying a paper on which the words: Prosperity Restored are written. Other loose papers are scattered above the steps and on a small plinth, apparantly abandoned by Attwood's statue. These read: Demand for Change ; The Remedy ; Votes For All ; Full Employment ; Free Trade. Inscriptions in the stone of the steps read: Prosperity ; The Vote ; Reform .
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Creator:
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PEEVER, Fiona
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Creator Role:
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Designer for lettering.
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Culture Gender:
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Female.
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Creator:
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COPPINGER, Siobhan
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1955
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor.
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Culture Gender:
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Female.
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Nationality:
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British. Born in Canada.
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Birmingham
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Birmingham
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture, British -- 1800-1900
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage -- England -- Birmingham
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Subject Heading:
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Attwood, Thomas, 1783-1856
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Subject Heading:
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Portrait sculpture
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- England -- Birmingham
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Subject Heading:
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Calligraphy
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