Horse
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Location
Street: | Kennel Hill |
Town: | Goodwood |
Parish: | Westhampnett |
Council: | Chichester District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | PO18 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Outside building |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Outside the Richmond Pavilion, Goodwood Racecourse. |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 121 |
Grid reference: | G3 |
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 : | Elisabeth Frink |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | The Earl of March. |
Construction period: | 1980 |
Installation date: | 1980 |
Unveiling date: | 29/07/1980 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Goodwood Racecourse. |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | Facing south west. A full size statue of a standing horse mounted on a brick plinth that is built into steps leading up to the Richmond Pavilion. |
Signatures: | Signature carved into rear right of integral bronze base:
Frink 1980 |
Inscription: | ELISABETH FRINK C.B.E R.A JULY 1980 Stone plaque on face of plinth, facing north west: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OPENED THIS GRANDSTAND ON JULY 29TH 1980 |
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Classification
Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing, Commemorative, Animal |
Object type1: | Statue |
Object type2: | Sculpture |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Statue |
Material: | Bronze, patinated blue/green |
Height (cm): | 224 |
Width (cm): | 72 |
Depth (cm): | 250 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
Condition 1: | Metallic staining |
More details: | Metallic staining to both signature plaque and unveiling plaque. |
Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
More details: | Signature plaque and opening plaque both cracked. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 13/02/2008 |
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History
History: | The sculpture is Frink's only truly lifelike representation of a horse. It was completed in 1980 and the artist was paid £30,000 for it. |
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'Frink: the official biography of Elisabeth Frink' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Gardiner, Stephen. |
Page: | 216-219 |
Publisher: | Harper Collins. London. |
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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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