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Title
The Knight of the Cnihtengild
Date
1990
Medium
beaten bronze & blue crystal
Accession number
EC2M_AY_S005
Acquisition method
commissioned by Standard Life Insurance Company
Work type
Equestrian
Owner
Standard Life Insurance Company
Custodian
Standard Life Insurance Company
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
21st November 1990
Access
at all times
Inscription description
painted on bronze plate attached to granite slab to east, text (not transcribed) relating to tale of King Edgar (959-975); also: THIS SCULPTURE by DENIS MITCHELL, COMMISSIONED BY THE STANDARD LIFE / ASSURANCE COMPANY COMMEMORATES THE CNICHTENGILD AND WAS UNVEILED by THE / RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORD MAYOR, SIR ALEXANDER GRAHAM G.&E. D.C.L. / ON 21ST NOVEMBER 1990
