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The statue is shown seated on an elegant wooden bench, with his back to the river. It is set in a small lawn framed by bricks with a brick arrow winding through it, and a Union Jack under the seat. The care taken in the details of the costume, his cap, glasses, belt, gloves, folds in the sleeves, gaiters and laces on the boots cannot overcome the difficulty of animating the statue. In spite of this David Croft, who wrote the 78 episodes of the famous BBC sitcom Dad’s Army with Jimmy Perry, said he thought the statue was “absolutely marvellous” and was a “frightening” likeness of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard captain, played by Arthur Lowe.

Title

Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe, 1915–1982)

Date

2010

Medium

bronze, wood & brick

Measurements

H 180 x W 40 x D 41 cm

Accession number

IP24_RHT_S003

Acquisition method

public subscription organised by Dad's Army Museum, Thetford

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

19th June 2010

Access

at all times

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, Thetford

IP24 3AQ

In a garden off Bridge Street next to the river.

Artist or maker

Sean Hedges-Quinn

b.1968

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