Mr Noah Series
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Location
Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
Town: | Chichester |
Parish: | Chichester |
Council: | Chichester District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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Object setting: | Inside building |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, opposite the Roman Courtyard |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 140 |
Grid reference: | D5 |
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 : | Giles Penny |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
Construction period: | 1996 |
Installation date: | 1996 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | A series of plaster reliefs, painted gold, depicting parts of the Biblical story of Noah and the ark. |
Iconographical description: | Noah's Ark was, according to Abrahamic religions, a large vessel built at God's command to save Noah, his family, and a core stock of the world's animals from the Great Flood. The story is told in chapters 6-9 of the book of Genesis, with later variations in the Qur'an and a number of other sources. |
Signatures: | Signature to bottom left of each relief:
G.P. 96 |
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Classification
Categories: | Sculptural, Religious, Composite |
Object type1: | Sculpture |
Object type2: | Relief |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject type2: | Mythological |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | 4 reliefs (each) |
Material: | Painted plaster |
Height (cm): | 33 |
Width (cm): | 23 |
Depth (cm): | 2.5 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
More details: | At time of survey, the fourth relief was being repaired. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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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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