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Description: | Six female figures, each placed upon a pilaster, bear attributes indicating the social purpose for which the Institute, opened in 1908, was intended. Two hold opened books and two have musical instruments. There is a third musician but her instrument is now missing. The other figure holds a purse, representing the public charity that enabled Carrs Lane Church to build the Institute.(1) The figures are modelled in stone-grey terracotta, graceful in a late Symbolist almost Art Nouveau style, attenuated and gently curvaceous. | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Gibbs and Canning Architect: Harrison, Arthur | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6817... | Go to resource |
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