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Title
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
Date
1867
Medium
white marble, pink granite & limestone
Accession number
HU1_DW_S014
Acquisition method
presented to the city by Councillor John Winship
Work type
Statue
Owner
Hull City Council
Custodian
Hull City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
21/01/94
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front: THE POET / ANDREW MARVELL / AN INCORRUPTIBLE PATRIOT, A WISE STATESMAN / AND A ZEALOUS AND ENERGETIC REPRESENTATIVE / OF THIS HIS NATIVE TOWN IN PARLIAMENT / FROM 1658 TO 1678 / Had we but world / enough and time, / This coyness, lady were / no crime. / We should sit down and / think which way / To walk and pass our / long love's day / FROM / TO HIS COY MISTRESS / BY ANREW MARVELL.; base: PRESENTED BY COUNCILLOR JOHN WINSHIP / TO THE COPORATION OF HULL / 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1867