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Title
Sir Charles Morgan (1760–1846)
Date
1850
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 166 x W 143 x D 143 cm;
Plinth: H 272.1 x W 348.2 x D 348.2 cm
Accession number
NP20_MB_S014
Acquisition method
commissioned by 'the friends of the late Sir Charles Morgan'
Work type
Statue
Owner
Newport City Council
Custodian
Newport City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
May 1992
Listing date
02/05/80
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
JE THOMAS / SCULPTOR / 1848
Inscription description
THIS STATUE WAS RETURNED TO THE / TOWN CENTRE IN MAY 1992. / A TIME CAPSULE WAS BURIED / IN THE PLINTH BY / CLLR. HARRY WILLIAMS / MAYOR 1991 - 1992. / THE STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY / CLLR. ALAN PERRY / MAYOR 1992 - 1993; THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED A.D. 1850 / BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LATE / SIR CHALRES MORGAN OF TREDEGAR BARONET / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR ATTACHMENT TO THE MAN / WHOSE BENEVOLENCE THEY ADMIRED / AND WHOSE LOSS THEY DEPLORE; SYR CHARLES MORGAN O DREDEGAR BARWNAD / GANWYD EF CHWEFROB 4DD 1760 / BU FARW RHAGFYR 5D 1846 / HYD Y MAE IAITH GYMRAEG / HARDD IFOR PERY DY CLOD / (AS FAR AS THE WELSH LANGUAGE IS [SPOKEN] HANSOME IFOR, CONTINUE YOUR PRAISE) MEDD (SAID) DAFYDD AP GWILYM BARD OF IFOR THE GENEROUS.
Bridge Street, Casnewydd
NP20 4IT
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