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Title
Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
Date
1894 or before
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 248 x W 150 x D 162 cm;
Plinth: H 280 x W 137 x D 137 cm
Accession number
BS1_PF_S022
Acquisition method
gift from the tobacco magnate, William Henry Wills
Work type
Statue
Owner
Bristol City Council
Custodian
Bristol City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
04/03/77
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
signed and dated on the base of the bronze cast: I HAVARD THOMAS / MDCCCXVIV CAST CIRE PERDVE / SOMMER NAPLES
Inscription description
inscription on the front of the pedestal: BURKE / 1774–1780 / ‘I WISH TO BE A MEMBER / OF PARLIAMENT TO HAVE MY / SHARE OF DOING GOOD AND / RESISTING EVIL’ / SPEECH AT BRISTOL 1780; on the rear of the pedestal: TO / HIS FELLOW CITIZENS. / FROM / WILLIAM HENRY WILLS. / BART. / 1894.
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