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Title
Medallions of William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), and Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
Date
1882
Medium
stone
Accession number
ST13_SB_S013
Work type
Relief
Owner
Leek Town Council
Custodian
Leek Town Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
07/06/72
Inscription description
A good Booke is / the pretious life-blood / of a master-spirit im- / balm'd and tresurd / up on purpose to a life / beyond life - Milton