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Robert Peel was the founder of the modern police force, Prime Minister between 1841 and 1846 and was appointed to the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition established in January 1850. He also approved the choice of Hyde Park for the Exhibition. The statuette lacks a plinth and was originally designed to lean against a table covered by a cloth which had books and leaflets on it. The right hand would have rested upon this. The figure appears in the 1877 Coalbrookdale Company catalogue (No. 172).

Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Telford

Title

Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)

Date

c.1877

Medium

cast iron

Measurements

H 55.4 x W 18.5 x D 10 cm

Accession number

1997.189

Acquisition method

gift from Glynwed Limited

Work type

Bust

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Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DQ England

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