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Title
A. E. Housman (1859–1936)
Date
1985
Medium
bronze
Accession number
B61_BG_S006
Acquisition method
commissioned by The Housman Memorial Trust and funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Housman Memorial Trust
Custodian
Bromsgrove District Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
22nd March 1985
Access
at all times
Inscription description
side 1: A.E.Housman / 1859 - 1936 / CLASSICAL SCHOLAR & POET/ Author of / A Shropshire Lad; side 2: From far, eve and morning/ And yon twelve-winded sky / The stuff of life to knot me / Blew hither: here am I; side 3: Into my heart an air that kills / from yon far country blows / What are those blue remembered hills what spires, what farms are those / That is the land of lost content I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went / And cannot come again; side 4: The statue of A. E. Housman / was unveiled by his Grace / the Duke of westminster D.L / on 22nd March 1985 / "And brooding on my heavy ill/ I met a statue standing still" / A Shropshire Lad / Commissioned by the Housman Memorial Trust / Trustees / John Pugh - Chairman / Jo Hunt / Mrs Margaret Taylor / A. G. Williams Chairman of Bromsgrove District Council / G.Pritchard -Jones: Treasurer / George F Badman J.P Secretary / The statue was funded by public subscription / Sculptor: Kenneth Potts
