Detail View: SHIMMER: Memorial to First Viscount Leverhulme
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Title:
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Memorial to First Viscount Leverhulme
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Creation Date:
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1930
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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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Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1930
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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 , granite - black
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Display Creator:
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REID DICK, William
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Image ID:
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88-1454
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Description:
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The sculpture stands in an area outside the West entrance of the Lady Lever Gallery. Consisting of two parts: an obelisk and a set of four figures to represent Industry, Charity, Education and Art. Commissioned by Lever Brothers Employees (through an executive committee) . INSCRIPTIONS : On the Obelisk base at the front: LEVERHULME/1851-1925/TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/WILLIAM HESKETH/FIRST VISCOUNT/LEVERHULME/FOUNDER OF LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED/ AND OF PORT SUNLIGHT./A MAN REMARKABLE FOR HIS/BUSINESS ABILITY. HIS PUBLIC/BENEFACTIONS AND HIS LOVE OF/BEAUTY AND ART. THIS MONUMENT/IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW WORKERS. On the back of the Obelisk base:THE FIGURES AT THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL SYMBOLISE THE THREE/GREAT INTERESTS IN THE LIFE OF THE FOUNDER OF PORT SUNLIGHT/INDUSTRY, EDUCATION/AND CHARITY IN ITS WIDEST MEANING/THE FIGURE AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN REPRESENTS 'INSPIRATION'/THE FOUNDATION OF ALL HUMAN PROGRESS
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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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Related Information:
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Lady Lever Art Gallery. For more information see < http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/ >
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Photographed by:
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member of staff
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Creator:
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REID DICK, William
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1878
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1961
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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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British - English.
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Subject Heading:
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Port Sunlight (Merseyside, England)
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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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Memorials -- England -- Liverpool
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Liverpool
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Liverpool
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- England -- Liverpool
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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