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A seated figure of George Eliot 'Mary Ann Evans' on a wall with a book by her hand, mounted on a square granite plinth.

Title

George Eliot 'Mary Ann Evans' (1819–1880)

Date

1986

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

CV11_DB_S008

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Owner

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Custodian

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

22nd March 1986

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

rear: John Letts Sc

Inscription description

plaque: GEORGE ELIOT / 1819-1880 / BORN AT ARBURY, NUNEATON / UNVEILED BY / JONATHAN G.OUVRY / PRESIDENT OF THE GEORGE ELIOT FELLOWSHIP / GREAT, GREAT GRANDSON OF G.H.LEWES. / MARCH 22nd 1986 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION; plaque: MARY ANN EVANS (GEORGE ELIOT) / NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, JOURNALIST AND POET / LIVED AT GRIFF HOUSE UNTIL 1840 WHEN SHE / MOVED TO COVENTRY AND LATER TO LONDON / FROM 1854 TO A878 SHE LIVED WITH G.H.LEWES / WHO ENCOURAGED HER TO WRITE FICTION. HER NOVELS BROUGHT HER WORLD WIDE FAME. / IN MAY 1880 SHE MARRIED J.W.CROSS AND DIED / IN DECEMBER AT 4 CHEYNE WALK, CHELSEA / SHE IS BURIED IN HIGHGATE CEMETERY LONDON; plaque: THE MAJOR WORKS OF GEORGE ELIOT / 1857-8 SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE / 1859 ADAM BEDE / 1860 THE MILL ON THE FLOSS / 1861 SILAS MARNER / 1862-3 ROMOLA / 1866 FELIX HOLT / 1871-2 MIDDLEMARCH / 1876 DANIEL DERONDA

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