Detail View: SHIMMER: Fitzalan Square
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Title:
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Fitzalan Square
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Creation Date:
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1913
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Image Date:
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1999
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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Sheffield City Council
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Image ID:
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08-2116
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Description:
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General view of Fitzalan Square. The statue of King Edward VII (Alfred DRURY, 1903) is to the rear in the centre. The building to the rear of the Square was used as the Central Post Office. The building right is The White Building (1908) by E.M.Gibbs (of Sheffield Architects: Flockton and Gibbs) who built and owned the building. Tramlines were installed c. 1993. Commission: A scheme to commemorate the late King appeared in February 1911 in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, proposed by a prominent local citizen. This consisted of two parts, the monument and a "crippled children's home". Fitzalan Square was created on the site of the former Fitzalan Market, an area known as 'The Shambles' and the money raised by public subscription alone, the cost of the square and monument were estimated at bwtween £100,000 and £200,000 , plus £20 per annum maintenance. The bulk of the funds were raised from local businesses and prominent citizens. The monument was unveiled by the Duke of Norfolk on the 27th of October, 1913. Comment: After the death of Queen Victoria, the new monarch was considerably more visible than the reclusive widow queen. He made a number of visits to Sheffield and was a popular figure. In 1908 Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper proprietor, writing of royal news stories, remarked: "The king has become such an immense personality in England that the space devoted to the movements of royalty has quintupled since his majesty came to the throne". Fitzalan Square was designed to be an open space dominated by the statue of this popular figure. Nowadays the importance of King Edward has faded as has the statue itself, which is over-shadowed by trees and its base obscured by two stone cabins; one a fast food outlet and one a police cabin.
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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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Sheffield City Council
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Creator Role:
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Architects , planners , designers.
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Subject Heading:
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City squares -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Urban renewal -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Streetscapes (Urban design) -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
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