Detail View: SHIMMER: Lady Lever Art Gallery
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Title:
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Lady Lever Art Gallery
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Creation Date:
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1899
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Image Date:
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1988
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Port Sunlight, Wirral
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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bronze , marble
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Display Creator:
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FERRARY , OWEN
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Image ID:
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91-4933
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Description:
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Salammbo. A large sculpture of a woman entwined with a snake. The figure is in marble, and the snake in bronze. Sitting on a plinth in a circular space surrounded by columns and statues of similar look. The piece is dated 1899, and was bought in 1900. It was inspired by the book of the same name by Gustave Flaubert (1862). Segar OWEN was the son of William OWEN. The Gallery is a Grade II listed building founded by William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme, the Sunlight soap magnate.
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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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Photographed by:
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member of staff
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Creator:
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OWEN, William
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1910
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British - English.
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Creator:
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OWEN, Segar
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British - English.
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Creator:
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FERRARY, Desiré Maurice
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1852
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1904
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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French.
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Subject Heading:
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Eroticism in art
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Subject Heading:
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Art exhibitions
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England (Cheshire)
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Subject Heading:
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Art museums -- England -- Liverpool
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture, French -- 1800-1900
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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