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A tall granite pedestal with a cornice and plinth, square plan. A bronze, life-size standing figure, with a scroll in the right hand, the left hand resting on a plinth, with a cog wheel and drapery and the chain of office.

Title

Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799–1861)

Date

1868

Medium

granite & bronze

Accession number

LS3_PC_S005

Work type

Statue

Owner

Leeds City Council

Custodian

Leeds City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

05/08/76

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

M. NOBLE SCULP / LONDON 1868

Inscription description

SIR PETER / FAIRBAIRN, KNT / MAYOR OF LEEDS / IN / 1857 AND 1858 / THIS STATUE / WAS ERECTED BY / THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS / OF HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN.

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