Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple
Isaac's Apple

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A wooden sculpture of a hand carved from a horse chestnut tree that was originally in situ, and a wooden apple carved from elm, together representing the story of the apple falling from a tree and Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity.
Title

Isaac's Apple

Date

2010

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 220 x W 100 x D 100 cm (E);
Plinth: H 30 x W 150 x D 150 cm (E)

Accession number

NG31_PR_S013

Acquisition method

funded by Wyndham Park Forum, Community Spaces Big Lottery

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

stainless steel plaque on concrete plinth with black letters: ISAAC'S APPLE / by / NIGEL SARDESON / Commissioned by Wyndham Park Forum / funded by Community Spaces Big Lottery / for the SENSORY GARDEN / opened JULY 2010; there follows a description explaining that the sculpture was originally made from a horse chestnut tree in situ but it was removed and restored in 2016 and re-mounted on the concrete plinth

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Located at

Belton Lane, Grantham

NG31 8FJ

Situated in the Sensory Garden within Wyndham Park.