Items - Cast in Stone

Statue of Queen Victoria, Carlisle

Statue of Queen Victoria, Leeds

Statue of Queen Victoria, Nottingham

Statue of Queen Victoria, Sandhurst

Statue of Queen Victoria, Sheffield

Statue of Queen Victoria, South Tyneside

Statue of Queen Victoria, St Helens

Statue of Richard Green

Statue of Richard Trevithick, Camborne

Statue of Robert Clive, Westminster

This large bronze statue depicts Robert Clive in military uniform, atop a massive plinth. In the manner of classical Greek architecture, the undulating structure of the plinth prevents the viewer from focussing and draws attention instead to the principal figure, who looks away into the the distance with a grim expression. The figure wears well-worn boots, indicating battle experience, while the prominent stripes on the sleeves indicate achievement and rank. In one hand, the figure holds a curved Indo-Islamic ceremonial sword or talwar, signalling the conquest of India, while the other hand clutches rolled up papers, possibly underlining the legal title to possessions won by the sword. In front, the plinth merely describes the person depicted as 'Clive', indicating his self-explanatory eminence. Contradicting this, the three other sides of the plinth display narrative friezes in bas-relief, showcasing Clive's military and political achievements in India: at Arcot, Plassey and Allahabad. The Allahabad scene depicts Clive receiving the Grant of Diwani, mistitled as the Grant of Bengal, from the defeated Mughal emperor. In the bas-relief of this scene, based on Benjamin West's 1818 painting , the Mughal emperor fades into the background while Clive and his British companions are carved prominently, to emphasize their centrality to the story.

Statue of Robert Milligan

Statue of Robert Peel, Bury

Statue of Robert Peel, Manchester

Bronze statue of Peel on a granite plinth, accompanied by two bronze female allegorical figures symbolising Manchester and Arts and Sciences respectively.