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A seated female figure, classically robed, sits astride a male torso emerging from the base of the sculpture. The body of the female figure, representing Truth, is turned slightly to the left and her right leg is bent with her foot firmly on the chest of the torso representing Falsehood, together with her left hand which pushes the figure downwards as he braces himself with his left hand against the plinth. The male figure appears to have a serpentine tail which coils around the feet of Truth. The sculpture has a square column plinth.

This was a plaster model for the Wellington Monument in St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Truth and Falsehood

Date

1856–1870

Measurements

H 59.7 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

1914.61

Acquisition method

gift from Mr Edmund Davis

Work type

Sculpture

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England

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Artist or maker

Alfred George Stevens

1817–1875

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