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| Steel Monument, Carlisle | ||
| Steel Monument | ||
| Street:- | Green Market | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | statue | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | NY40115585 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) placename:- Steel Monument |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, by James Burrell Smith,
1847. click to enlargePR1151.jpg Early morning street scene with tradespeople delivering their wares. In the foreground a woman sits with a basket of goods beside her; to left, a woman approaches with a tray of goods balanced on her head and to right a man with a barrow stands conversing to a boy wearing a sailor suit. The courthouses stand to left of composition, a distant view of the cathedral being glimpsed above the buildings of the town. In the centre stands an imposing statue. signed &dated at bottom right:- "JB Smith 1847" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1974.42.2 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) |
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| source data:- | Itinerary, Route 37 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Preston to Glasgow, by
Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly,
London, 1908. click to enlargeJS5004.jpg item:- private collection : 268.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "STATUE OF JAMES STEEL / / ENGLISH STREET / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386725 / NY4010955834" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Statue of James Steel. 1859 for the subscribers, by WF Woodington. Dalbeattie granite base and plinth surmounted by white marble figure. Square base with 4 angle granite bollards. Stepped plinth, the shaft inscribed JAMES STEEL MAYOR 1845 AND 1846, in 3 lines. Larger-than-life bare-headed figure in breeches and frock coat, holding a scrolled paper; heavily weathered, cleaned in 1989; left hand broken off when moved to its present location on 6 August 1989. Formerly erected in the Market Place, for further details see Carlisle Journal (1858 and 1859); the unveiling was illustrated in the Illustrated London News. James Steel was editor of the Carlisle Journal. William Frederick Woodington (1806-93) was a prominent C19 figure sculptor whose best known work is the bronze relief of the Battle of the Nile at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. (Carlisle Journal: 1 October 1858; Carlisle Journal: 18 March 1859)." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Steel Monument |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Inauguration of the Steel Monument, Carlisle, Cumberland,
from a photograph by Mr Bannister, about 1858? click to enlargePR0306.jpg There is accompanying text - James Steel, born 1797; editor of the Carlisle Journal from about 1836; mayor of Carlisle, 1845-46; died 16 December 1851. From the Illustrated London News? printed at bottom:- "INAUGURATION OF THE STEEL MONUMENT AT CARLISLE ON THE 16TH ULT." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.306 Image © see bottom of page |
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| person:- | : Steel, James |
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| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| period:- | 1850s | |
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