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Title
Memorial for Godfrey Sykes (1824–1866)
Date
1871
Medium
carved terracotta & bronze
Accession number
S10_WN_S006
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Sheffield City Council
Custodian
Sheffield City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
28/06/83
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Park opening times
Inscription description
raised letters on bronze plaque: THIS MONUMENT WAS / ERECTED IN THE YEAR / 1871 BY THE INHABIT- / ANTS OF SHEFFIELD / IN MEMORY OF GODFREY / SYKES. THE COLUMN / PLACED UPON THIS / PEDESTAL IS HIS / WORK; raised letters on bronze plaque, opposite side: GODFREY SYKES BORN / AT MALTON IN THE / YEAR 1824 A PUPIL AND / AFTERWARDS MASTER / IN THE SCHOOL OF ART / OF THIS TOWN HE WAS / CALLED TO LONDON IN / THE YEAR 1859 / to SUPER- / -INTEND THE DECORA- / -TION OF THE SOUTH / KENSINGTON MUSEUM / AND DIED THERE 1866.