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Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park
Lady in the Park

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A life-sized sculpture of a woman sitting on a bench, in her hand a letter from the Secretary of State notifying her of the loss of her loved one, killed in action. On the floor in front is a verse by Vera Brittain. The commemorative sculpture marks the centenary of the start of the First World War.
Title

Lady in the Park

Date

2014

Medium

steel

Measurements

H 150 x W 180 x D 250 cm (E)

Accession number

ST5_MK_S011

Work type

Statue

Owner

Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council

Custodian

Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

November 2014

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

park opening times apply

Inscription description

letter: The King commands me to assure you / of the true sympathy of His Majesty and / The Queen in your sorrow. / Secretary of State for War; verse: I sat in a tree-shadowed / walk called The Brampton / and meditated on the war, / It was one of those / shimmering autumn days / when every leaf and flower / seemed to scintillate with / light, and I found it “ very / hard to believe that not far / away men were being slain / ruthlessly……. / It is impossible, I concluded / to find any satisfaction in the thought of… / the distraction of men…. / whether they be English, / French, German or / anything else, seems a / crime to the whole march / of civilisation.” / Vera Brittain / 1914 / from Testament of Youth 1933

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Located at

Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme

ST5 0QR