The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)
The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)

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A high relief that depicts a group of figures, dominated by a large standing figure of a fully clothed preacher with his right hand in the air and his index finger pointing towards heaven. In his left hand he holds the bible. In front of him are a naked man, woman, and child. Occupying the centre right in front of the preacher, the child is standing with his right hand towards the bible, and the left raised to touch the preacher's hand. The man on the right, and the woman on the left side of the preacher are both kneeling. By the end of the Second World War, with so much rubble, yet carvable blocks of stone, Copnall used stones from raised buildings. He headed the 'From Debris to Art' initiative, and used two large blocks of stone, weighting six tons from a bombed building for this sculpture.
Title

The Word (The Lambeth Street Preacher)

Date

1947–1949

Medium

Bramley Fall gritstone

Measurements

H 338 x W 686 x D (?) cm

Accession number

SE1_VA_S002

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Lambeth Mission

Work type

Relief

Owner

Lambeth Mission

Custodian

Lambeth Mission

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

23rd September 1950

Access

at all times

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Located at

Lambeth Mission and Saint Mary's Shared Anglican and Methodist Church, Southwark

SE1 7DQ

Located on the exterior wall of the church.