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Family Group

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Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright for Photograph:

Creative Commons

Location

Street:The Broadway
Town:Crawley
Parish:Crawley
Council:Crawley Borough Council
County:West Sussex
Postcode:RH10
Location on Google Map
Object setting:On building
Access is:Public
Location note:Above the entrance to T.J. Hughes
In the AZ book:West Sussex
Page:10
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.

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Makers

Name : Richard Browne
     Role:Sculptor

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General Information

Installation date:1959
Unveiling date:1959
Work is:Extant
Object listing:Not listed
Description:A family group of a man, woman and child, facing east, high up on the wall of T.J. Hughes.
Iconographical description:The sculpture was erected to symbolise the enlarged community.
Inscription:Black circular plaque erected under the colonnade, underneath the sculpture and near to the shop entrance:

CRAWLEY ARTS COUNCIL
THE
ABOVE SCULPTURE,
‘FAMILY GROUP’ ERECTED
IN 1959 AS A SYMBOL OF
CRAWLEY NEW TOWN, IS BY
SUSSEX SCULPTOR
RICHARD
BROWNE
(1921 – 1990)
AWARDS FOR ALL

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Classification

Categories:Commemorative, Architectural, Sculptural
Object type1:Statue
Object type2:Sculpture
Subject type1:Figurative
     Subject subtype1:Group
Subject type2:Symbolic
     Subject subtype1:Group

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Object Parts

Part 1:Sculpture
     Material:Bronze
     Height (cm):200
     Width (cm):150
     Depth (cm):50
Part 2:Back slab
     Material:Concrete
     Height (cm):300
     Width (cm):200

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Object Condition

Overall condition:Good
Risk assessment:No known risk
Date of on-site inspection:22/01/2008

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History

History:The building was originally the Co-op Building. In 1947 Crawley was designated a ‘New Town’. The population was 9,500. When the population had grown to over 50,000 in 1959, the sculpture was erected to symbolise the enlarged community.

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References


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Photographs





Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons




Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons




Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons




Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons

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