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Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)

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The subject is shown seated in a chair, twisting round to look over his right shoulder, his right hand writing with a pen on some papers in his lap, mounted on a lipped square pedestal.
Title

Ivor Novello (1893–1951)

Date

2009

Medium

bronze, pink granite & slate

Measurements

H 213 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

CF10_MWB_S045

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

27th June 2009

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed on the panel on the front of the pedestal: GLAMOROUS NIGHT / CARELESS RAPTURE / CREST OF THE WAVE / THE DANCING YEARS / KING'S RHAPSODY / PERCHANCE TO DREAM; on the panel on the left of the pedestal: IVOR NOVELLO / (DAVID IVOR DAVIES) / COMPOSER, PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR / CYFANSODDWR, DRAMODYDD, ACTOR / 1893-1951; on the panel on the back of the pedestal: KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING / I CAN GIVE YOU THE STARLIGHT / MY DEAREST DEAR / LOVE IS MY REASON / WE'LL GATHER LILACS / SOME DAY MY HEART WILL AWAKE; on the panel on the left of the pedestal: IN THIS CITY WAS BORN / A KING / WHO GAVE HIS PEOPLE / DREAMS AND SONGS TO SING / AR AELWYD DINAS GLO / CYNHEUWYD CÂN / GYNHESODD GENEDL / GYFAN GYDA'I DÂN

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Located at

Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff (Caerdydd)

CF10 4PZ