Re: Re: bronze statues

More here.

Better result here.

Given how robust granite is, and this being relatively new, it’s surprising the cleaning wasn’t a little more severe. Still, the shadows are largely unnoticable and it is probably better to be cautious.

Nice texture with granite as always.

Beautifully crisp date and manufacterer stamp facing Trinity.

Elkingtons were the leading manufacturers of bronze statues in Britian in the 19th century. There’s a great paragraph on the link below that explains exactly how the likes of Moore would have been precisely and accurately cast from the artist’s original.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/otherart/elkingtn.htm

As probably seen earlier, Christopher Moore’s mark is located on the other side of the plinth facing Westmoreland Street. C. Moore Sculp

Another fine addition to the city’s increasingly restored monumental collection 🙂