After photographing over 160 sculptures in the county of Northumberland, I chose some of my favourites and decided to let them speak for themselves. Often heartwarming and visionary, sometimes sad, and occasionally irreverent, this is their story....
Charles Raymond Smith (c.1799–1888) and Anthony Salvin (1799–1881) and Messrs Hicks & Charlewood and Frederick Richard Wilson (1827–1894)
Portland stone, sandstone & cast iron
H 300 x W 300 x D 125 cm
Northumberlandia (The Lady of the North) 2010
Charles Jencks (1939–2019)
Rock, clay & soil
H 3353 x W 40234 cm
Stephen Lunn (active since 1975)
Coated stainless steel, galvanised, & spray paint epoxy
H 307 x W 240 cm
Woodhorn Disaster Memorial 1923
John Reid (c.1890–1968) and William Henry Knowles (1857–1943)
Bronze & white granite
Explore artists in this Curation
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Ashlee Donaldson -
unknown artist -
Paula Chambers (b.1966) -
Philip Blacker (b.1949) -
Charles Jencks (1939–2019) -
Simon Packard (b.1960) -
Messrs Hicks & Charlewood -
Charles Raymond Smith (c.1799–1888) -
Tom Maley (b.1962) -
John Reid (c.1890–1968) - View all 19