Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS

Region ID

MR

Work ID

180

Manual Reference

MR/MTH27

Type

Other

Title

CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS

Sculptor

Burnard, Neville

Date of design

1860

Year of unveiling

1881

Unveiling details

May 1881

Road

Albert Square

Precise Location

Sculpture Hall

A to Z Ref

p.158 F1

OS Ref

SJ835980

Postcode

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

Not listed

Duty of Care

Manchester City Council

Commissioned by

Thomas Bazley

Notes

marble bust on drum red marble pedestal classical portrait

This was the gift of Sir Thomas Bazley who gave four busts - Gladstone, Bright, Cobden and Villiers - in May 1881. He asked for them to be placed on either side of the bust of Sir John Potter in the staircase of the Reference Library in King Street. [Proceedings of Manchester City Council, 4 May 1881 pp.136-7; 1 June 1881 p.148]

circa

raw year

1881

Condition

Good

At risk

Not at risk

Inscriptions

C.P. VILLIERS

Signatures

NEVILE BURNARD OCTOBER 1860

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Bust

Marble

Pedestal

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character

Detail

Comment

No damage

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Comment

None

Vandalism

Vandalism

Comment

None