Detail View: SHIMMER: Mother and two children

Title: 
Mother and two children
Creation Date: 
1953
Dimensions: 
1.68 m high
Image Date: 
2004
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
limestone - Hadene
Display Creator: 
POPE, Ronald
Image ID: 
s292c
Description: 
View of sculpture. Location: On one of the buildings at Brookhouse Junior School, School Road, Beighton. No public access, though the piece is visible from the road. Description: Figure of a woman supporting a boy and a girl standing on a ladder? or possibly a series of plates? Commission: "Derbyshire County Architect's Department for Beighton County Junior School". [1] The carving is made in Hadene stone from quarries in Cromford, Derbyshire. At that time Beighton was also in Derbyshire and press reports emphasize the fact that a Derbyshire School received a sculpture made from Derbyshire stone. Onsite Plaque: none Comment: Pope worked as a draughtsman for Rolls Royce during the war and then studied sculpture and painting at the Slade School from 1945-1948. He was resident in Ticknall, Derbyshire at the time that this piece was made. References: [1] ?Daily Mail? 27 February 1953. p. 23
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
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 >."
Related Information: 
Ronald Pope. For more information see also < http://www.ronaldpope.com/ > .
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
POPE, Ronald
Creator Dates - Born: 
1920
Creator Dates - Died: 
1997
Creator Role: 
Sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Stone carving
Subject Heading: 
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Schools -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield