Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
City Rooms, ballroom: 'Summer' (niche figure) Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 96 | |
Manual Reference | LE068TCAY | |
Type | Statue | |
Title | City Rooms, ballroom: 'Summer' (niche figure) | |
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 lefthand wall from the entrance, in the niche to the left 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 | ||
Summer is in the niche to the left of the chimney-piece on the lefthand wall from the ballroom entrance, opposite 'Spring'. She is a slightly maturer and altogether more active figure, barefoot and with her left heel raised as if stepping forward, her weight moving on to her right foot. Her right breast is exposed and her draperies flutter as if blown by a soft breeze. She holds a torch in her left hand. The drapery of her cloak flows across her in a loose swathe and is held in a bunch at her right in her right hand. Her hair is parted in the centre and swept back into a bun with just a few ringlets hanging at the back of her neck. 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. 128.5 cm; w. 52 cm; d. 32 cm |
pedestal | wood, painted | h. 45.5 cm; circumf. 142 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Abrasions, cracks, splits | several losses to paint surface (and perhaps superficially to stone itself) - on underside of right breast, on swathe of drapery across upper thighs, on end of drapery behind left leg. (continued below] |
Abrasions, cracks, splits | (continued from above] Also some scuffing and cracking to paint surface between statue base and pedestal |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Broken, missing parts | Minor losses to cornice of pedestal |
