Monument to Colonel Edward Moseley Perkins

  • Description

    "A soft white marble statue of Perkins with his hands on the hilt of his sword. Set upon a yellow stone pedestal including a 2-tier base and rising from 3 steps. Each face of the pedestal is inset with a pink granite tablet. The memorial was paid for by public subscription and unveiled by Isaac Lowthian Bell in front of a large crowd of locals and a detachment from the Durham Rifle Volunteers Burn's obituary lists this statue amongst his works and its naïve style led Pevsner to describe it as the 'funniest monument of County Durham'..."
  • Owner

    Public Monuments and Sculpture Assocaition
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

    What does this mean? Unknown license check permission to reuse
  • Further information

    Link: https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/PMSA/id/1300/rec/1
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 9 months ago
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