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Three standing stone style slabs grouped in a circle at the centre of a round brick-built fountain trough. The slabs depict male figures and nautical images/abstract patterns.

Title

Civic Fountain

Date

1971–1972

Medium

concrete & fibreglass

Measurements

H 350 x W 400 x D 400 cm (E)

Accession number

SS2_TJ_S271

Acquisition method

commissioned by Southend Borough Council

Work type

Relief

Owner

Southend Borough Council

Custodian

Southend Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

This is what it looks like when the figures in the Southend crest - by the church and by the sea, take off their belts, put down their swords an fountains of water come out their mouths - George William Mitchell -Sculptor

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