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A plaster statue based on the earliest sculpture of Sir Rowland Hill the postal reformer, originally created in Carrara marble by Peter Hollins for the General Post Office, Birmingham, and unveiled in 1870. The statue had been 'erected in Birmingham by public subscription, in recognition of his eminent services in connection with the postal system'. This statue of Sir Rowland Hill stands in contemporary dress holding a roll of 'Queen's Heads' penny postage stamps in his right hand. Sir Rowland's left hand rests on a column-style pedestal, which has a carved relief of decorative swags.

Bruce Castle Museum

London

Title

Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, DCL (Oxon), FRS, Head Teacher of Bruce Castle School and Postal Reformer (1795–1879)

Date

c.1870

Medium

painted plaster

Measurements

H 213 x W 96 x D 93 cm (E)

Accession number

LDBCM:2011.2007

Acquisition method

gift from Hampstead Public Libraries Committee, 1933

Work type

Statue

Bruce Castle Museum

Lordship Lane, London, Greater London N17 8NU England

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Artist or maker

Peter Hollins

1800–1886

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