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Title
Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753)
Medium
stone & bronze
Accession number
BT30_AL_S028
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
16th April 2002
Access
at all times
Inscription description
in raised lettering on a metal plaque on the front of the pedestal: SIR HANS SLOANE / 16TH APRIL 1660 / TO / 11TH JANUARY 1753 / BORN KILLYLEAGH; and in raised lettering on a small plaque on the base: "UNVEILED ON 16TH APRIL 2002 / BY / THE HRH THE DUKE OF YORK, / CVO. ADC. BARON KILLYLEAGH."; and similarly on the right side of the pedestal: THIS COPY OF THE STATUE BY RYSBRACK, / ERECTED IN THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN IN 1712 / WAS PLACED HERE BY THE PEOPLE OF KILLYLEAGH / TO MARK THE MILLENNIUM / AND THE REGENERATION OF THE HARBOUR AREA / AD 2002; and similarly on the back of the pedestal: SIR HANS SLOANE / PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY / PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS / ROYAL PHYSICIAN / COLLECTOR, SCIENTIST, ANTIQUARY, PHILANTHROPIST / HIS COLLECTION FORMED THE BASIS FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM / HE PROMOTED THE MEDICINAL USE OF QUININE, CHOCOLATE / AND VACCINATION; and similarly on the left side of the pedestal: "I HAD FROM MY YOUTH BEEN VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH / THE STUDY OF PLANTS AND OTHER PARTS OF NATURE, / WHICH WERE TO BE FOUND IN THE FIELDS OR IN THE / GARDENS OF THESE PARTS"