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Title
Perseus and Medusa
Date
c.1830–1840
Medium
bronze & sandstone
Accession number
ST4_AEB_S014
Acquisition method
commissioned by George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
Work type
Statue
Owner
Trentham Gardens
Custodian
Trentham Gardens
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
1840
Listing date
25/04/80
Access
charges may apply
Access note
entrance fee applies to Trentham Gardens
Inscription description
plaque: PERSEUS AND MEDUSA / ORIGINAL STATUE SCULPTED BY / BENVENUTO CELLINI / IN FLORENCE FOR THE GRAND / DUKE OF TUSCANY. MDL. / THIS REPLICA MADE BY ORDER OF / THE 2nd DUKE OF SUTHERLAND / WITH THE PERMISSION OF HIS / FRIEND THE THEN GRAND DUKE / OF TUSCANY WAS ORIGINALLY / ERECTED HERE ON THE / RECONSTRUCTION OF TRENTHAM / HALL. MDCCCXL. / RESTORED AND REPLACED HERE / BY ELIZABETH COUNTESS OF / SUTHERLAND MDCCCCLXVI.; plaque: THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY / LADY HILDA CLARKE, / WIFE OF / SIR STANLEY CLARKE, CBE, DL, / LIFE PRESIDENT OF / St. MODWEN PROPERTIES PLC, / 29TH MAY 2004 / IN CELEBRATION OF THE / RESTORATION OF THIS STATUE AS / PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE / REGENERATION OF THE / TRENTHAM GARDENS AND / ESTATE BY / TRENTHAM LEISURE LIMITED
