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Statue of Edward Colston
Monument
- Media metadata | Métadonnées multimédias
- has description | a une description
- The almost hunched, contemplative figure represents Colston in his maturity. For a likeness, the sculptor may have turned to Jonathan Richardson’s portrait of 1702, a version of which hangs in the Council House. The reclining figure by Rysbrack on Colston’s tomb in All Saints, Corn Street, may also have been useful. The monument shows a younger, more vigorous man, although Rysbrack may well have used the same source. Cassidy’s statue depicts Colston in early eighteenth century clothes […] Three of the side reliefs show apocryphal or symbolic scenes from Colston’s life. One shows Colston distributing alms in the street; another depicts mythical seahorses and tritons pulling an anchor; the third depicts the legend […] of a dolphin plugging a leak in one of Colston’s ships. […] It was this ‘incident’ that is said to have caused Colston to adopt the dolphin as his emblem. Stylised dolphins, with writhing tails and looking more like animated catfish, are at each corner of the pedestal. The fourth panel bears an inscription and the sculptor’s name. (Merritt & Greenacre 2011: 41)
- Many of the events over the past century linked to the statue of Edward Colston have been reconstructed in a detailed timeline by the Bristol Radical History group. We are grateful for their work as a source of reference.
- funded by | financé par
- See all items with this valueArrowsmith, James Williams
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See all items with this value
Wills, William Henry, 1st Baron Winterstoke
- has current owner | est actuellement possédée par
- Public (City/Town)
- was classified by | a été inscrite, classée, protégée par le biais de
- Grade II
- depicts | figure
Colston, Edward- consists of | consiste en
- bronze
- was produced by | a été produit par
Cassidy, John
Statue | La statue
- has inscription | a une inscription
- EDWARD/COLSTON/BORN/1636/DIED:1721
- ERECTED: BY: CITIZENS OF BRISTOL/AS A MEMORIAL OF ONE OF THE MOST/ VIRTUOUS: AND WISE: SONS OF / THEIR: CITY/ A.D. 1895/ JOHN CASSIDY/ FECIT
Plinth | Le socle
- is referred to by | est référencé par
- Historic England
- Wikipedia
- Art UK
- Bristol Radical History Group, 'Edward Colston: A century of dissent and protest' (2021)
- Bristol Radical History Group, 'The fall of Colston – a timeline of impact in Bristol, Britain and the World' (2021)
- Jess Moody, 'Off the Pedestal: The Fall of Edward Colston', Public History Review (2021)
- Olivette Otele, 'Guerilla Arts in Brexit Bristol', in Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain, ed. by Stuart Ward and Astrid Rasch (London: Bloomsbury, 2019) 133-142
- Google Arts and Culture / Bristol Museums - The Colston Statue
Linked resources
| Arrowsmith, James Williams |
| Wills, William Henry, 1st Baron Winterstoke |
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- 1895, Statue of Edward Colston unveiled in Bristol
- 1920, H. J. Wilkins, Edward Colston [1636-1721 A.D.]: A chronological account of his life and work together with an account of the Colston Societies and memorials in Bristol
- 1963, Bristol Bus Boycott
1980 St Pauls Riot, Bristol- 1992, "Commemoration Day" installation at the Trophies of Empire art exhibition
- 1998, 'Fuck off slave trader' painted on Colston statue in red paint
- 1998, Bristol City Councillor Ray Sefia calls for the removal of the Edward Colston statue
- 1999, A plate of raw liver on a blood-spattered table is placed under the Edward Colston statue to symbolise how he "dined" on slavery
- 2006, 'Restoration' art exhibit by Hew Locke
- 2006, Creation of the Bristol Radical History Group
- 2007, (Operation) Truth 2007
- 2008, Creation of the Bristol Legacy Commission
- 2010, Dissolution of the Bristol Legacy Commission
- 2015, Creation of the Countering Colston campaign
- 2017, Face of Edward Colston statue is painted white
- 2017, "Unauthorised Heritage" plaque attached to plinth of the Edward Colston statue
- 2018, Woollen red ball and chain attached to the legs of the Edward Colston statue
- 2018, Bristol City Council makes planning application to add a second plaque to the Colston Statue
- 2018, Guerilla art installation at the base of the Edward Colston statue
- 2018-2019, Wording dispute over the proposed second plaque for the Colston statue
- 2019, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees vetoes plans for second plaque to Colston statue over wording dispute
- 2019, Creation of the Bristol Legacy Steering Group
- 2020, Protesters topple statue of Edward Colston
- 2020, UK politicians respond to the toppling of the Edward Colston statue
- 2020, Colston statue retrieved from canal
- 2020, Retaliation attack on the statue of Alfred Fagon
- 2020, Retaliation attack on the grave of Scipio Africanus
- 2020, Installation of the A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) sculpture
- 2020, Removal of the A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) sculpture
- 2020, Creation of the Project TRUTH steering group in Bristol
- 2021, Kill the Bill protest in Bristol
- 2021, Display of Colston statue in M Shed
- 2021, We are Bristol History Commission public consultation
- 2022, Acquittal of the Colston Four by Bristol Crown Court
- 2022, Publication of the Project T.R.U.T.H report
2022, The Colston Statue: What Next? ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission Full Report
2022, AG Reference (Colston Four) Judgment