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A bronze statue of standing male figure on a square limestone baluster pedestal and stepped base. There is a bronze cartouche to each face of pedestal, linked by a continuous horizontal bronze band.

Title

Ralph Ward Jackson (1806–1880)

Date

1897

Medium

bronze & limestone

Accession number

TS24_KA_S017

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Owner

Hartlepool Borough Council

Custodian

Hartlepool Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

17/12/85

Access

at all times

Inscription description

bronze cartouche on the east face is inscribed: RALPH / WARD JACKSON / FOUNDER / OF THIS TOWN / AND FIRST MP / FOR THE HARTLEPOOLS / BORN 7TH JUNE 1806 / DIED 6TH AUGUST 1880.; bronze cartouche inscribed: THIS / STATUE / WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN / OF / WEST HARTLEPOOL / BY THE / COL. J W CAMERON J.P. / IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF / THE OPENING OF THE / FIRST / HARBOUR AND DOCK / AS A TRIBUTE OF / ADMIRATION / FOR THE ENTERPRISE / AND / PERSEVERENCE / OF THE / FOUNDER / JUNE / 1897

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