Old Man and Young Boy
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Old Man and Young Boy
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This work is located at the entrance to Luton Central Library. The quotation on the plinth is by William Godwin (1756–1836), husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley.

Stockwood Discovery Centre

Luton

Title

Old Man and Young Boy

Medium

stone

Accession number

SC1

Acquisition method

presented by Vauxhall Motors Limited

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

on front of plinth: HE THAT LOVES READING HAS EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS REACH / PRESENTED BY VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED

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Normally on display at

Stockwood Discovery Centre

London Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 4LX England

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