Joseph Sturge statue : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Joseph Sturge statue / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Joseph Sturge was born in 1793 to a Quaker family in Gloucestershire. He was a successful corn merchant and moved to Birmingham in 1822.Sturge worked for slavery to be abolished, and an Act of Parliament was passed in 1833. He traveled to the West Indies in 1836, and on his return to England he ran a campaign and full freedom was achieved in 1838.He was also interested in peace, and he and a few Quaker's tried to make peace in the 1850s to stop or prevent a few wars.He was also concerned about the poor.Sturge died in 1859. The statue was carved by John Thomas, and was unveiled in 1862. In 2006-7 the statue was cleaned up.The staute of Joseph Sturge is Grade II listed.Statue of Joseph Sturge - British Listed BuildingsThe statue of Joseph Sturge stands in front of the Marriott Hotel, on the north side of Harborne Road, at the Five Ways junction. 1862; the sculptor was John Thomas. Statue, additional figures, and pedestal, of Portland stone. The statue originally incorporated drinking fountains, but these no longer work. Pedestal composed of a wide plinth supporting an octagonal moulded base, on which stands the figure of Sturge, his right hand resting on the Bible, his left hand outstretched. Sturge wears a Quaker lapel-less coat. Below him, on the lower plinth, two kneeling female figures: to left, Peace, holding an olive branch, with a lamb at her feet; to right, Charity, comforting a negro child. Projecting from back and front of the lower plinth, a semi-circular gadrooned basin. Beneath the statue, on four sides, are inscribed the words 'Joseph Sturge 1859', 'Peace', 'Charity', and 'Temperance'. On the front of the upper plinth, a bronze plaque, added in 1925; this reads: 'He laboured / to bring freedom / to the negro slave / the vote to British / workmen and the / promise of peace to / a war-worn world'. At this date the statue was moved 100 yards from its original position to a less conspicuous site. The statue was restored in 2006-7, and the left hand of the figure, which had broken off in 1875, was replaced with a new one. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-06-28 15:49:21 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/240) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.5 |