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English: The sculpture Old Square by Kenneth Budd, 1967, cast brass and iron on fibreglass, 152 cm x 793 cm, in Old Square, Birmingham, England. Moved from the demolished Old Square subway and re-mounted in the new Old Square. Photographed by me 16 October 2006. Oosoom |
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Date | 21 April 2007 (original upload date) | ||
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Depicted from left to right are:
- an Augustinian friar outside the priory of St Thomas the Apostle (on this site 13th century until 1538
- the de Bermingham coat of arms
- pub signs for the Bull's Head and Saracen's Head together with a stagecoach
- view of the square from original drawings by William Westley 1713
- lock maker John Wilkes (occupant of 9 Old Square 1713-1734
- beehive and pound sign emblem of Lloyds Bank (Samuel Lloyd [Sampson Lloyd?] occupied 14 Old Square)
- dancers at the ball for the Duke of York at No 11 (1765)
- Dr Samuel Johnson and Dr Edmund Hector (occupied No 1)
- the seal of James Watt
- depiction of the elopement of Lloyd's daughter
- Priestley Riots, 1791, which tried to destroy the home of Dr William Withering (No 15)
- a horse and broken carriage which crashed into the railings of the square
- William Scholefield (No 1), first mayor of Birmingham, 1838
- demolition of the square in 1896 as part of the Joseph Chamberlain Corporation Street improvements
Reference: Birmingham - Public Sculpture Trails, George T. Noszlopy & Fiona Waterhouse, Liverpool University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84631-134-5
Camera location | 52° 28′ 56.28″ N, 1° 53′ 41.64″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.482300; -1.894900 |
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- 2007-04-21 09:33 Oosoom 2381×969×8 (543052 bytes) The sculpture ''Old Square'' by Kenneth Budd, 1967, cast brass and iron on fibreglass, 152 cm x 793 cm, in [[Old Square]], [[Birmingham]], England. Moved from the demolished Old Square subway and re-mounted in the new Old Square. Photographed by me 16 Oct
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