Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
City Rooms, ballroom: 'Spring' (niche statue) Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 95 | |
Manual Reference | LE067TCAY | |
Title | City Rooms, ballroom: 'Spring' (niche statue) | |
Sculptor | Bacon the Elder, John | |
Date of design | before 1799 | |
Year of unveiling | 1800 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Hotel Street | |
Precise Location | City Rooms; ballroom, on the righthand wall from the entrance, in the niche to the right of the chimney-piece. | |
A to Z Ref | 4 C4 (1) | |
OS Ref | SK586044 | |
Postcode | LE1 6ZG | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | I | |
Duty of Care | Leicester City Council | |
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Spring is in the niche to the right of the chimney-piece on the righthand wall from the ballroom entrance. The figure is represented as a young woman dressed all'antica. She is standing, wearing sandals, her right foot forward. She holds a lamp aloft in her right hand. In her left hand, lowered by her side, she holds what appears to be a scroll (that part to the rear of her hand being complete, that to the fore appearing to be broken off). She looks downwards, her hair styled with a fringe of ringlets over her forehead. The statue is secured to the rear wall of the niche by a chain attached to the small of its back. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1800 | |
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | None | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
statue & integral base | Coade stone, painted | h. 131 cm; w. 53 cm; d. 30 cm |
pedestal | wood, painted | h. 45.5 cm; circumf. 142 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Previous treatments | statue heavily painted, dried drip marks in places |
Other | paint surface flaking around statue base at join with pedestal. |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Replaced parts | lamp is a modern replacement |
Broken, missing parts | the statue appears to be holding a scroll in its left hand - the forward part, which ends abruptly, may be missing |
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes | Join between statue base and pedestal very visible. This deep crack is surrounded by flaked paint (the result of a move at some time?) |
