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A sculpture of two figures sitting on a bench outside the entrance to St Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. The two figures are an older man and a young boy sitting huddled over a book. Another book is placed open at the end of the bench and carries an explanatory inscription about the piece.

Title

Dickie and Sam

Date

2009

Medium

bronze

Accession number

SW15_VA_S022

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

etched onto the book page 1: THIS SCULPTURE IS / DEDICATED TO THE / MEMORY OF / DR. RAYMOND HUGHES, / A GP IN ROEHAMPTON / FOR 30 YEARS AND HIS / WIFE DOROTHY. / DOROTHY HUGHES WAS A / COMMITTED SUPPORTER OF / THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN MARY'S HOSPITAL, / ROEHAMPTON FOR / 16 YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH / IN 1999; etched onto the book page 2: BRIAN ALABASTER / SCULPTED THIS PIECE / OF HIS SON SAM, WHO / HAS DOWNS SYNDROME, / BEING READ TO BY HIS GRANDFATHER, / DICKIE. / APRIL 2009

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