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Charity
Charity
Charity
Charity
Charity
Charity
Charity

Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

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The main figure – a combination of mother and water nymph – offers her child a drink from a seashell. The group was the centre piece of the fountain bequeathed by Sir John Boileau on his death in 1869 The statue was set above the main drinking fountain facing the city, and unveiled on 4th November 1876. The statue was relocated by the City Council to the hospital 3rd February 1967.
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

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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

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Located at

Newmarket Road, Norwich

NR2 2TN

Set in front of 1902 Boardman Nurses' home, facing the new pond and in front of the fountain.