Nausicaa
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Location
| Street: | Stanmer Park |
| Town: | Brighton |
| Parish: | Brighton |
| Council: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN1 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Stood inside the Orangery at the rear of Stanmer House |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 112 |
| Grid reference: | F6 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ338092 |
| Previous location: | Originally on the north side of the vestibule in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton |
| Previous location: | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery (moved 1940) |
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Makers
| Name : | Edward William Wyon |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Construction period: | 1869 |
| Installation date: | 1880 |
| Work is: | Lost |
| Owner custodian: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Partially draped figure on square base (which could be separated). Right arm posed to throw the ball. |
| Iconographical description: | The statue is of Nausicaa (Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ – ‘Forth her snowy hand, Nausicae threw the devious ball’). |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Full-length |
| Subject type2: | Mythological |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Base |
| Material: | None |
| Width (cm): | 91.5 |
| Depth (cm): | 91.5 |
| Part 2: | Figure (including base) |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 321 |
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Object Condition
| Condition 1 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Structural damage |
| More details: | Completely destroyed by vandals. |
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History
| History: | Originally the Stanmer estate was bought by Henry Pelham in 1722. The park was laid out by Thomas Pelham in 1754, who was created 1st Earl of Chichester in 1801. The estate is now owned by the council.
The statue was moved to Stanmer Park in 1940 (Brighton Museum and Art Gallery Accounts 1940). David Cooper, the Administrator for Cityparks, Brighton & Hove City Council, states that the Orangery is reported to have been intact in 1992 but at the time of his visit in October 2007, the building is in a state of complete disrepair and that there are no remnants of the statue remaining in its alcove. David Beever, Keeper of Fine Art, Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums says that the statue was last seen intact in the Orangery in 1993. He says that the statue was presented to Brighton by James Ashbury in 1880. James Lloyd Ashbury was the Conservative MP for Brighton elected in 1874. |
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | Brighton Art Gallery and Museum Committee accounts, Pechell Statue File |
| Type: | Archive |
| Location: | Keeper of Fine Art, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Date: | 00/00/1940 |
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Photographs
Author: Simon Alexander Copyright: Simon Alexander | |
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