Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Healing Hands Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 118 | |
Manual Reference | LE124TCBM | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Healing Hands | |
Sculptor | Pountney, Albert | |
Date of design | 1954 | |
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Infirmary Close | |
Precise Location | On the exterior wall of the Dept of Genito-Urinary Medicine, on right side of Infirmary Close, as one approaches the Infirmary | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SK587035 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust | |
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Fixed high on the curving wall of the Dept. of Genito-Urinary Medicine, to the left of the entrance to the GU Medicine clinic, on the right side of Infirmary Close, approaching the infirmary. The relief comprises 9 blocks of Portland stone and represents a recumbent woman in hooded full-length gown, lying across the palms of a colossal pair of cupped hands. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | - on stone plaque fixed to wall below relief: THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / J. REGINALD CORAH ESQ., M.B.E. / PRESIDENT OF THE LEICESTER / AND COUNTY CONVALESCENT / HOMES SOCIETY. 10TH. APRIL 1954 | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Relief | Portland stone | h. 245 cm; w. 185 cm; d. 35 cm (est.) |
plaque | Portland stone | h. 75.5 cm; w. 146 cm; d. 5 cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Accretions | blackened in places |
Biological growth | much green biological growth |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
