Diana the Huntress
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Location
| Street: | Pashley Road |
| Town: | Ticehurst |
| Parish: | Ticehurst, Flimwell and Stonegate |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN5 7HE |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Jubilee Courtyard, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 42 |
| Grid reference: | C3 |
| 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
| Company/Group : | Students from the Accademia, Florence |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Purchased by Mr. & Mrs. James Sellick, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| Construction period: | c1985 |
| Installation date: | 1985 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Mr. & Mrs. James Sellick, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Sculpted from one piece of sandstone, a statue of a semi-naked Diana, dressed only in a short vestment of oak leaves. The figure has log wavy hair and wears a half-moon and serpent head-dress. In her left hand she holds a bow. Her right arm is raised over her right shoulder as she reaches for an arrow from a quiver. At her left foot sits a hunting dog, in readiness, with head raised towards the head of the figure. |
| Iconographical description: | In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the moon. In literature she was the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis. Along with her main attributes, Diana was an emblem of chastity. Oak groves were especially sacred to her. According to mythology, Diana was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. Diana made up a trinity with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Animal, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Group |
| Subject type2: | Mythological |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Plinth |
| Material: | Sandstone |
| Height (cm): | 50 |
| Width (cm): | 46 |
| Depth (cm): | 46 |
| Part 2: | Statue |
| Material: | Sandstone |
| Height (cm): | 165 |
| Width (cm): | 50 |
| Depth (cm): | 40 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| Condition 2: | Biological growth |
| More details: | Some weather wearing to the finer detail. Moss and other biological growth all over the statue. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 17/09/2008 |
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History
| History: | Mr and Mrs James Sellick are the owners and inhabitants of Pashley Manor. The house has a Tudor front built in 1550 by Sir Thomas May, and a Queen Anne rear added in 1720. It is timber framed and Grade I listed. It is set in 11 acres of award winning gardens. The estate can be traced back to 1262, when the de Passele family built a moated manor and held the estate until 1453, when it was sold to the forebears of Anne Boleyn who used it as a hunting lodge. It is believed that Anne Boleyn stayed here as a child. The Boleyn family held the manor until the execution of Anne. The present owners, Mr and Mrs Sellick have been developing and replanting the gardens, with the advice of Antony du Gard Pasley, since 1981 and opened the gardens to the public in 1992. Evidence of gardening at Pashley has been found from the 16th Century and the park contains oak trees that are over 500 years old.
(Pashley Manor Gardens guidebook & website) |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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