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 | |