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Title
Pero’s Bridge
Date
1993–1999
Medium
stainless steel & cast iron
Accession number
BS1_PF_S025
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Bristol City Council
Custodian
Bristol City Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription on a bronze plaque set in a granite block on Narrow Quay: PERO’S BRIDGE / THIS BRIDGE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF PERO, AN / ENSLAVED MAN OF AFRICAN / ORIGIN WHO WAS BROUGHT / FROM THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF / NEVIS TO BRISTOL IN 1783. HE WAS / A SERVANT OF THE PINNEY FAMILY / WHO LIVED IN WHAT IS NOW THE / GEORGIAN HOUSE MUSEUM / IN GREAT GEORGE STREET. / HE DIED IN THE CITY IN 1798. / MARCH 1999