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Title
Charity
Date
1874–1876
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 140 x W 60 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 10 x W 60 x D (?) cm
Accession number
NR2_RHT_S202
Acquisition method
bequeathed in the will of Sir John Boileau in 1869
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
24th January 2008
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
J.E.BOEHM 1874 / YOUNG & CO / FOUNDERS / PIMLICO
Inscription description
on plaque at bottom of statue: THIS STATUE, ORIGINALLY PART OF A / FOUNTAIN AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NEWMARKET / AND IPSWICH ROADS WAS ERECTED IN / 1876 BY SIR JOHN BOILEAU OF KETTERINGHAM / IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE CATHERINE. / THE STATUE WAS DESIGNED BY / SIR JOSEPH BOEHM AND IT IS SAID TO RESEMBLE / LADY CATHERINE. IN 1965, WHEN / THE FOUNTAIN WAS DISMANTLED, THE STATUE / WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT POSITION. / SIR JOHN BOILEAU WAS HIMSELF / A GENEROUS BENEFACTOR OF THE / NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL